Benitec, Inc. Release: Hepatitis C Trial To Proceed

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Sydney Australia, 14th January 2014: RNAi - based therapeutics company Benitec Biopharma Limited (ASX: BLT) today announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has advised the Company that it may proceed with it s ‘f irst in man’ clinical trial for TT - 034, a ddRNAi - based therapeutic, designed to treat Hepatitis C with a single injection .

This follows the FDA’s review of Benitec’s Investigational New Drug (IND) application, which was filed on 6 December 2013.

Benitec Biopharma’s CEO and Managing Director, Peter French said, “We are very pleased with this outcome which establishes Benitec as a clinical stage company .”

For further information, please contact the persons outlined below, or visit the Benitec website at www.benitec.com .

Company
Carl Stubbings
Chief Business Officer
Tel: +61 (2) 9555 6986
Email:
cstubbings@benitec.com

Investor relations
Jane Lowe
Buchan Consulting
Te
l: +61 (2) 9237 2807
Email:
jlowe@buchanwe.com.au

About Benitec Biopharma Limited:
Benitec Biopharma Limited is an ASX - listed biotechnology company (ASX Code: BLT) based in Sydney, Australia. The company has a pipeline of in - house and partnered therapeutic programs based on its patented ge ne - silencing technology, ddRNAi . Benitec is developing treatments for chronic and life - threatening human conditions such as Hepatitis C , Hepatitis B, wet age - related macular degeneration, cancer - associated pain, drug resistant lung cancer and oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy based on this technology. In addition, Benitec has licensed ddRNAi technology to other biopharmaceutical companies who are progressing their programs t owards the clinic for applications including HIV/AIDS, retinitis pigmentosa and Huntington’s disease. For more information on Benitec refer to the Company’s website at www.benitec.com .

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