Annexon : Biosciences Reports Third Quarter 2020 Financial Results and Recent Business Highlights
November 17, 2020 at 08:52 am
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SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO - Annexon, Inc. ('Annexon') (Nasdaq: ANNX), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing a pipeline of novel therapies for patients with classical complement-mediated disorders of the brain, body and eye, today announced third quarter 2020 financial results and recent business highlights.
'We continue to make strong progress across our classical complement platform, including expanded development of ANX005 in Huntington's Disease, and advancement of our subcutaneous formulation, ANX009, into the clinic,' said Douglas Love, Esq., president and chief executive officer of Annexon. 'Our unique focus on C1q allows us to address a diverse set of classical complement-mediated autoimmune and neurodegenerative diseases, and we're well capitalized to conduct several promising near- and mid-term Phase 2 clinical trials in these devastating diseases.'
About Annexon, Inc.
Annexon is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing a pipeline of novel therapies for patients with classical complement-mediated disorders of the brain, body and eye. The company's pipeline is based on its platform technology addressing well-researched classical complement-mediated autoimmune and neurodegenerative disease processes, both of which are triggered by aberrant activation of C1q, the initiating molecule of the classical complement pathway. Annexon is deploying a disciplined, biomarker-driven development strategy designed to establish that its product candidates are engaging the target at a well-tolerated therapeutic dose in the intended tissue compartments.
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Annexon, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company. The Company is engaged in advancing a late-stage clinical platform of therapies for people living with classical complement-mediated neuroinflammatory diseases of the body, brain, and eye. Using its platform, it is identifying and characterizing the role of the complement pathway in three therapeutic areas: autoimmune, neurodegeneration and ophthalmology. Its lead candidate, ANX005, is an investigational monoclonal antibody (mAb), formulated for intravenous administration in a pivotal Phase III clinical trial for the treatment of patients with Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS). It is evaluating ANX007, an antigen-binding fragment (Fab), formulated for intravitreal administration, for the potential treatment of patients with geographic atrophy (GA). It is developing ANX1502, which is an oral small molecule for the treatment of autoimmune indications. It has developed ANX009, a C1q-blocking Fab formulated for subcutaneous delivery.