( RICHMOND Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 26...)Insmed Inc. Welcomes Studies Linking IGFBP-3 to Prevention of,Blindness in Premature Infants,Health

RICHMOND, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 26, 2007 - Insmed Incorporated (Nasdaq:INSM), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and approval of drugs for the treatment of metabolic diseases with unmet medical needs, today noted the publication of promising results of research from three universities regarding the potential role of insulin-like growth factor binding protein-3 (IGFBP-3) in the prevention of blindness among premature infants.

IGFBP-3 is a key component of Insmed's lead drug candidate, IPLEX(TM), which has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of a severe growth disorder and is currently being studied as a treatment for myotonic muscular dystrophy, HIV-associated adipose redistribution syndrome and retinopathy of prematurity (ROP). IPLEX(TM) is the combination of IGFBP-3 with recombinant human insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-I).

The new study results, published in the June 19 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, focus on the action of IGFBP-3 in promoting normal tissue growth and preventing ROP. Researchers at the University of Florida reported that mice treated with IGFBP-3 showed closer-to-normal growth of retinal vasculature than mice without IGFBP-3 in similar high-oxygen conditions. Researchers at Harvard Medical School and the University of Goteborg in Sweden reported similar results.

In addition, Harvard Medical School researchers, in collaboration with researchers at the University of Goteborg, reported results of a clinical study showing IGFBP-3 levels in infants with ROP were lower than those of healthy babies. The researchers said these results suggest that IGFBP-3, acting independently of IGF-I, helps prevent oxygen-induced loss of blood-vessels and helps promote vascular re-growth.

Insmed Chairman and CEO Geoffrey Allan, Ph.D., commented: "These studies by researchers at three distinguished univ
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