Catalyst Biosciences Announces Manufacturing Agreement with AGC Biologics

Catalyst Biosciences (NASDAQ:CBIO), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing novel medicines to address hematology indications, today announced that they have entered into a manufacturing agreement with AGC Biologics, a global leader in clinical and commercial manufacturing of therapeutic proteins, for the process transfer and commercial scale cGMP manufacturing of CB 2679d, Catalyst’s highly potent next-generation coagulation Factor IX (FIX) variant being developed for the treatment of severe hemophilia B.

As quoted in the press release:

“AGC Biologics is a world-renowned company with deep expertise in recombinant biologics manufacturing and has successfully worked with Catalyst on our commercial scale FVIIa marzeptacog alfa program,” said Andrew Hetherington, senior vice president of technical operations at Catalyst. “We are confident that their manufacturing expertise will allow us to continue our development and advancement of CB 2679d through the clinic in a timely manner.  We plan to initiate a Phase 2b study of CB 2679d in individuals with severe hemophilia B in the third quarter of 2018.”

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