Athersys, Inc. (Nasdaq:ATHX) today announced top-line results from its Phase 1 clinical trial of ATHX-105, its orally administered drug candidate for the treatment of obesity. ATHX-105 was well- absorbed, providing good drug exposures, well-tolerated up to high doses, and had no negative effect on cardiovascular, hematology or other clinical parameters.

Athersys, Inc. (OTCBB:AHYS) announced today that it has been notified by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that its Investigational New Drug, MultiStem(r), can proceed to a Phase I clinical trial evaluating the safety of MultiStem administration in support of bone marrow transplantation for the treatment of certain cancers of the blood and immune system. This study is the first of several planned clinical trials for MultiStem, which the company believes has broad potential in a number of indications based on its multiple mechanisms of action, its ability to be delivered "off-the-shelf" like a pharmaceutical product, and the safety and effectiveness that have been demonstrated in preclinical studies by the company and its collaborators.

Athersys, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of BTHC VI (OTC Bulletin Board: BVIC), announced today that it has initiated a Phase I clinical trial in the United Kingdom for ATHX-105, the company’s oral, selective 5HT2c receptor agonist for treating obesity.