26.4.2021, 15:00 · Oslo Børs
BGBIO: BEMCENTINIB PRE-CLINICAL COVID-19 DATA TO BE PRESENTED AT VIRUTAL IMMUNOLOGY 2021
Bergen, Norway, 26 April 2021 - BerGenBio ASA (OSE:BGBIO), a clinical-stage
biopharmaceutical company developing novel, selective AXL kinase inhibitors for
severe unmet medical need, is pleased to announce that a poster presentation on
pre-clinical COVID-19 data has been accepted for presentation at Virtual
Immunology 2021, taking place from 10-15 May 2021. Virtual Immunology 2021 is
the 104[th] annual conference of the American Association of Immunologists.
The presentation illustrates findings from a pre-clinical study conducted by
BerGenBio’s scientific collaborator Professor Wendy Maury, Professor of
Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Iowa, to evaluate AXL as a
therapeutic target for COVID-19 and the potential effect of BerGenBio’s
selective AXL inhibitor bemcentinib, shown to inhibit SARS-CoV-2 infection in in
vitro and in vivo models.
The abstract was deemed to be exceptional by the Virtual Immunology 2021
reviewers so the author, Dana Bohan, a PhD candidate from the University of
Iowa, will receive a 2021 AAI Late Breaking Poster Award.
Poster presentation details at Virtual Immunology 2021 are as follows:
Title: Phosphatidylserine Receptors Enhancement of SARS-CoV-2 Entry: AXL as a
Therapeutic Target for COVID-19
Date: Monday, May 10[th] 2021
Time: 6:30-8:00pm ET
The poster presentation will be made available at BerGenBio’s website
www.bergenbio.com at the date of the presentation.
Contacts
ir@bergenbio.com
Richard Godfrey CEO, BerGenBio ASA