Humacyte to Host Virtual KOL Event to Discuss ATEV for Arteriovenous (AV) Access for Hemodialysis Patients on April 28, 2026
DURHAM, N.C., April 27, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Humacyte, Inc. (NASDAQ:HUMA), a commercial-stage biotechnology platform company developing universally implantable, bioengineered human tissues at commercial scale, today announced that it will host a virtual key opinion leader (KOL) event on Tuesday, April 28, 2026 at 8:00 AM ET featuring Prabir Roy-Chaudhury MD, PhD, FASN (University of North Carolina (UNC) Kidney Center, Salisbury VA Medical Center), and Mohamad A. Hussain, MD, PhD, RPVI, FAHA, FRCSC, FACS (Brigham & Women's Hospital, Center for Surgery and Public Health, Harvard Medical School), who will join company management to discuss the unmet need and current treatment landscape for hemodialysis patients with End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD). To register, click here.
The event will provide an overview of the Company's Acellular Tissue Engineered Vessel (ATEV) in arteriovenous (AV) access for hemodialysis patients. The current standard of care for providing AV access involves connecting the patient's artery with a vein, known as an arteriovenous fistula or AV fistula (AVF). Humacyte's ATEV is designed to provide an alternative to the current standard of care for hemodialysis patients with ESRD, as AVFs can take weeks or months to mature and become usable for hemodialysis, and in many patients fail to mature at all. One Phase 3 trial has already been completed showing the potential advantages of the ATEV in AV Access compared to autologous AV fistula in patients at high risk for fistula failure. Company management will also review the ongoing V012 Phase 3 trial in hemodialysis for which interim top-line results are expected this quarter.
A live question and answer session will follow the formal presentations.
For uses other than the FDA approval in the extremity vascular trauma indication, the ATEV is an investigational product and has not been approved for sale by the FDA or any other regulatory agency.
About Prabir Roy-Chaudhury MD, PhD, FASN
Prabir Roy-Chaudhury MD, PhD, FASN is the Drs. Ronald and Katherine Falk Eminent Professor and Co-Director of the University of North Carolina (UNC) Kidney Center. He is also a Staff Nephrologist at the Salisbury VA Medical Center. After graduating from the Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, India, he trained in Internal Medicine and Nephrology at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland and at the Beth Israel Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA. In addition to being an active transplant nephrologist, Dr. Roy-Chaudhury's main research interest is in uremic vascular biology (including both dialysis vascular access dysfunction and cardiovascular complications in kidney disease patients). Dr. Roy-Chaudhury has been the recipient of extensive NIH, VA, and industry research grant funding (over 20 million USD) has published over 250 manuscripts and book chapters (h index = 65), and has delivered over 450 lectures (including multiple named and plenary presentations) across the globe. He is also the recipient of many national and international awards including the ASDIN Lifetime Achievement Award and the KS Chugh Memorial Oration. Dr. Roy-Chaudhury has also been actively involved in the public policy and administrative aspects of dialysis vascular access care and hemodialysis through leadership roles in multiple societies such as ASN, ASDIN and VASA, and is a Past President of the American Nephrologists of Indian Origin (ANIO). Dr. Roy-Chaudhury was also the founding ASN co-chair of the Kidney Health Initiative, a public-private partnership between ASN and the US FDA and is a regular member of the FDA's Cardiovascular and Renal Drugs Advisory Committee (CRDAC). He is also currently the Immediate Past President of the American Society of Nephrology, which is the largest professional kidney organization in the world with over 21,000 members in 141 countries across the globe.
About Mohamad A. Hussain, MD, PhD, RPVI, FAHA, FRCSC, FACS
Mohamad A. Hussain, MD, PhD, RPVI, FAHA, FRCSC, FACS is a Vascular and Endovascular Surgeon-Scientist at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Core Faculty at the Center for Surgery and Public Health, and Associate Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School in Boston. He is board certified in vascular surgery by both the American Board of Surgery and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. He obtained his medical degree from the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine at McMaster University. He completed vascular surgery residency and a PhD in clinical epidemiology and health services research through the Surgeon Scientist Training Program at the University of Toronto. He also completed a cardiovascular research fellowship at the Brigham. Dr. Hussain's clinical practice is focused on general vascular and endovascular surgery, with special interests in complex hemodialysis access, aortic dissections and aneurysms, and thoracic outlet syndrome. He also co-directs the Heart & Vascular Hemodialysis Access workgroup across the MGB health system. Dr. Hussain's research lab VESEL (Vascular & Endovascular Surgery Epidemiology Lab) conducts observational and clinical research to improve the care of patients with vascular diseases with special interests in population-based health services research, prediction with machine learning, enhancing causal inference research using target trial emulation, and clinical trials. Dr. Hussain also serves as the Associate Program Director of Surgical Residency and Associate Clerkship Director in the Department of Surgery at the Brigham.
About Humacyte
Humacyte, Inc. (NASDAQ:HUMA) is developing a disruptive biotechnology platform to deliver universally implantable bioengineered human tissues, advanced tissue constructs, and organ systems designed to improve the lives of patients and transform the practice of medicine. The Company develops and manufactures acellular tissues to treat a wide range of diseases, injuries, and chronic conditions. Humacyte's Biologics License Application for the acellular tissue engineered vessel (ATEV) in the vascular trauma indication was approved by the FDA in December 2024. ATEVs are also currently in late-stage clinical trials targeting other vascular applications, including arteriovenous (AV) access for hemodialysis and peripheral artery disease (PAD). Preclinical development is also underway in coronary artery bypass grafts, pediatric heart surgery, treatment of type 1 diabetes, and multiple novel cell and tissue applications. Humacyte's 6mm ATEV for AV access in hemodialysis was the first product candidate to receive the FDA's Regenerative Medicine Advanced Therapy (RMAT) designation and has also received FDA Fast Track designation. Humacyte's 6mm ATEV for urgent arterial repair following extremity vascular trauma and for advanced PAD also have received RMAT designations. The ATEV received priority designation for the treatment of vascular trauma by the U.S. Secretary of Defense. For more information, visit www.Humacyte.com.
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