- Aeterna Zentaris granted exclusive option to negotiate a license of any resulting intellectual property and know-how developed by the University related.
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In collaboration, Aeterna and The University of Sheffield, UK have selected the development candidate AEZS-150, a parathyroid hormone (PTH) fusion polypeptide to start the formal preclinical development for potentially enabling the first in human clinical study.
AEZS-150 has the potential to become a new therapeutic treatment option of primary hypoparathyroidism.
CHARLESTON, S.C., May 06, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Aeterna Zentaris Inc. (NASDAQ: AEZS) (TSX: AEZS) through its wholly-owned subsidiary Aeterna Zentaris GmbH, (“Aeterna” or the “Company”), a specialty biopharmaceutical company developing and commercializing a diversified portfolio of pharmaceutical and diagnostic products, today announced that, in consultation with The University of Sheffield, UK (the “University”), Aeterna has selected AEZS-150 as the lead candidate in the Company’s delayed clearance parathyroid hormone fusion polypeptides (DC-PTH) program. Aeterna will now start the formal preclin