TEL AVIV, Israel, Sept. 22, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — BioBlast Pharma Ltd (ORPN), a clinical-stage biotechnology company committed to developing clinically meaningful therapies for patients with rare and ultra-rare genetic diseases, announced today it has received Health Canada approval to begin enrolling patients at the Montreal Neurological Institute at McGill University for its HOPEMD Phase 2/3 study investigating Cabaletta in patients with Occulopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophy (OPMD). Professor Bernard Brais, co-director of the neuromuscular group of the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, is the principal investigator of the study in Canada.