Extend Fertility And Partner Clinics Report Successful Pregnancies And Births From Frozen Eggs

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Article Date: 03 Oct 2006 - 0:00 PDT

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Extend Fertility(TM) and its partner fertility clinics, IVF New Jersey (IVF NJ) and Reproductive Medicine Associates of New York (RMA of NY), today announced an important milestone in the ongoing Extend Fertility-sponsored multi-site study. As of September 2006, six babies have been born as part of the study designed to further the science and efficacy of oocyte cryopreservation or "egg freezing." The babies were born to four women between March and August of this year. An additional baby is expected to be born in December 2006.

As part of the overall study, IVF NJ and Extend Fertility are also announcing specific results in this collaboration.

-- The IVF NJ team has achieved two pregnancies out of two attempts using frozen eggs.

-- This represents a 42 percent implantation success rate, i.e. 5 out of 12 embryos implanted.

-- A total of 48 eggs from two women were frozen. 38 eggs survived the freezing and thawing process (79 percent survival) and 33 of the remaining eggs successfully fertilized (87 percent fertilization).

This announcement builds on the previously reported success rates from RMA of NY -- cumulatively resulting in deliveries or ongoing pregnancies in five out of the six women.

"This is an incredibly exciting milestone for Extend Fertility and continues important work in the field of reproductive medicine. At Extend Fertility, we are committed to developing egg freezing into a service that is considered practical and mainstream for women that want to preserve their ability to have a future family," said Christy Jones, founder and CEO, Extend Fertility. "These successful pregnancies go a long way toward making that a reality, and we are confident that we will continue to generate favorable success rates as the study continues."

"As more women begin to learn about the reality of the biological clock, doctors will be called upon to help them navigate the limitations of time when it comes to their reproductive choices. Egg freezing, while still considered investigational, is a technology and service that is making very promising progress toward becoming the answer for which women have been searching," says Dr. Susan Treiser, co-director of IVF NJ. "We are extremely encouraged by these results, and the arrival of these babies, and believe that this brings us one step closer to making egg freezing more reliable and accessible."

The ongoing, multi-site study is designed to validate the published results and body of work surrounding the Extend Fertility method of oocyte cryopreservation -- particularly related to a fertile women population. In addition to sponsoring the study, Extend Fertility is supplying the clinics with exclusive access to training, protocols and the Medicult egg freezing culture media.

The ongoing study will continue at Extend Fertility-affiliated centers throughout the United States, under standard Institutional Review Board (IRB) oversight. Extend Fertility is uniquely positioned to sponsor a study of this kind given the company's focus on developing relationships with leading fertility centers and specialists in the country. This network of thought leaders and experts allows Extend Fertility to ensure a consistent quality of service while driving research and development around oocyte cryopreservation. Complete results and findings will be published following the completion of the multi-site study in 2007.

Medicult and Biogenics are also supporting the study by donating product and cryopreservation equipment directly to participating centers.

About Extend Fertility

Extend Fertility is dedicated to enriching women's lives through revolutionary science and service that can effectively slow down a woman's biological clock. By capturing a woman's healthy "young" eggs and cryopreserving them for use in the future, Extend can give each client the best chance scientifically possible at achieving her dream of biological motherhood later in life. Extend Fertility's services are delivered through their network of leading fertility centers across the country. Centers are nominated, approved and trained by Extend's Scientific and Medical Advisory Boards, which are comprised of experts in the field of egg freezing. For more information, visit http://www.extendfertility.com.

About IVF New Jersey

IVF New Jersey is one of the largest fertility centers in the state with locations in Somerset, Freehold, Lawrenceville, and Annandale. The IVF NJ Team, Susan L. Treiser, MD, PhD, Michael C. Darder, MD, Jeryl Natofsky, MD, and Melissa Yih, MD, are board certified reproductive endocrinologists educated at Columbia and Cornell. IVF New Jersey success rates are among the highest in the USA. Other services offered by IVF NJ are In-Vitro Fertilization (IVF), Blastocyst Transfer, Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI), Egg Donation, Gestational Surrogacy, Insemination with Donor Sperm, and Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD). For more information, visit http://www.ivfnj.com or call 800.IVF.NJ44.

About Reproductive Medicine Associates Of New York

Reproductive Medicine Associates of New York ("RMA of NY") is a leading Manhattan-based fertility center. Led by Alan B. Copperman, MD, Lawrence Grunfeld, MD, Tanmoy Mukherjee, MD, Benjamin Sandler, MD, Natan Bar Chama, MD, Jeffrey Klein, MD, and Eric Flisser, MD, RMA of NY has among the highest success rates for in vitro fertilization in the United States. RMA of NY has offices in midtown Manhattan at 635 Madison Avenue, White Plains, NY at 15 North Broadway and Garden City at 400 Garden City Plaza. For more information, visit http://www.rmany.com.

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