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Kitov Pharmaceuticals
to Announce Interim Results of the Pivotal Phase III Trial on December 15, 2015 at 7:00am ET
Company to hold press conference in
Tel Aviv at 2:00 pm local time
Tel Aviv, Israel, December 10, 2015
- Kitov Pharmaceuticals Holdings Ltd. (NASDAQ: KTOV) (TASE: KTOV), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development
of therapeutic candidates for the simultaneous treatment of various clinical conditions, today announced it expects to have received
the completed statistical analysis, and to publish the interim results from its recently concluded pivotal Phase III trial of its
combination drug candidate KIT-302 at 7:00am ET on Tuesday, December 15, 2015. In conjunction with the release of the anticipated
announcement, Kitov management will hold a press conference at 2:00pm local time in Tel Aviv, Israel at the Hilton Tel Aviv Hotel.
The press conference will be webcast live and a playback will be available at www.kitovpharma.com. The link for the live webcast
together with an updated company presentation will be published together with interim results.
The Phase III trial, conducted under the
auspices of the U.S. Food & Drug Administration, is evaluating Kitov's lead drug candidate KIT-302 for the treatment
of high blood pressure and pain caused by osteoarthritis. KIT-302 is a combination drug comprised of two drugs that are already
FDA-approved, amlodipine besylate for the reduction of high blood pressure and celecoxib for reduction of pain caused by osteoarthritis.
About Kitov Pharmaceuticals Holdings
Kitov Pharmaceuticals Holdings
Ltd. is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of therapeutic candidates for the simultaneous treatment of various
clinical conditions. In particular, Kitov focuses on developing combinations of existing drugs in advanced stages of development.
Kitov's lead drug, KIT-302, is formulated for the simultaneous treatment of two clinical conditions - pain caused by
osteoarthritis (OA) and hypertension (high blood pressure), which can be pre-existing or caused by the treatment for OA. KIT-302
is based on celecoxib, the active ingredient of a known and approved-for-use drug designed primarily to relieve pain caused by
OA, and the generic drug amlodipine besylate. Kitov is traded on the Nasdaq Capital Market (Nasdaq: KTOV) and the Tel-Aviv Stock
Exchange (TASE: KTOV).
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results to differ materially from those expected by Company management. Any forward-looking statement in this press release speaks
only as of the date of this press release. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or review any forward-looking
statement, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise, except as may be required by any applicable
securities laws. More detailed information about the risks and uncertainties affecting the Company is contained under the heading
"Risk Factors" in Kitov Pharmaceuticals Holdings Ltd.'s Registration Statement on Form F-1 filed with the SEC, which
is available on the SEC's website, www.sec.gov.