BioLineRx to Conduct Interim Analysis of Phase II/III CLARITY Trial of BL-1020

BioLineRx

announced today that it intends to conduct an interim analysis of the Phase II/III CLARITY trial of BL-1020, a first in class, orally available, GABA-enhanced antipsychotic for the treatment of schizophrenia. The interim analysis, which is expected to be finalized in the first quarter of 2013, will be performed on data of approximately 235 randomized patients from 27 sites in Romania and India. The primary endpoint of the analysis will be the six-week effect of the drug on cognitive function, which is a principal deficit in schizophrenia patients. Dr. Kinneret Savitsky, CEO of BioLineRx, stated, “The recent re-analysis of BL-1020's EAGLE Phase IIb study, showing a substantially greater