Assembly Biosciences, Inc
Assembly Biosciences, Inc., a biotechnology company, develops therapeutic candidates for the treatment of viral diseases worldwide. Its pipeline includes long-acting helicase-primase inhibitors candidates, including ABI-5336 and ABI-1179, which are in Phase 1a/1b clinical studies for recurrent genital herpes; ABI-4334, a capsid assembly modulator designed to disrupt the replication cycle of hepatitis B virus that is in Phase 1b clinical study; and ABI-6250, an orally bioavailable hepatitis delta virus entry inhibitor that is in Phase 1a clinical study. The company also develops ABI-7423, an oral broad-spectrum non-nucleoside polymerase inhibitor that targets transplant-related herpesviruses. It has an option, license, and collaboration agreement with Gilead Sciences, Inc. for the research and development of virology therapies. The company was formerly known as Ventrus Biosciences, Inc. and changed its name to Assembly Biosciences, Inc. in June 2014. Assembly Biosciences, Inc. was incorporated in 2005 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, California.
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Kazia Therapeutics Limited, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an oncology-focused biotechnology company in South Korea. Its lead development candidate is paxalisib, a small molecule, brain-penetrant inhibitor of the phosphoinositide-3-kinase (PI3K)/AKT/mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) pathway, which is in Phase 3 clinical trial, for the treatment of glioblastoma, isocitrate dehydrogenase-mutant glioma, diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma, atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor, brain metastases, primary central nervous system (CNS) lymphoma, triple negative breast cancer, and ovarian cancer. The company also develops EVT801, a small-molecule selective inhibitor of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 3, which is in Phase 1 clinical trial, to treat advanced solid tumors. It has collaborations with the Australian and New Zealand Children's Haematology/Oncology Group, OIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Genentech Inc., Global Coalition for Adaptive Research, Vivesto AB, Simcere Pharmaceutical Group Ltd, Evotec SE, and Sovargen Co., Ltd. The company was formerly known as Novogen Limited and changed its name to Kazia Therapeutics Limited in November 2017. Kazia Therapeutics Limited was incorporated in 1994 and is based in Sydney, Australia.
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