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EQS-News: Abivax appoints Ana Sharma as Vice President, Global Head of Quality

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Wednesday, February 7, 2024

Abivax appoints Ana Sharma as Vice President, Global Head of Quality

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  • Abivax appoints Ana Sharma as Vice President, Global Head of Quality
    The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
  • Abivax appoints Ana Sharma as Vice President, Global Head of Quality
    PARIS, France, February 7, 2024, 8:30 a.m. CET – Abivax SA (Euronext Paris and Nasdaq: ABVX) (“Abivax” or the “Company”), a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on developing therapeutics that harness the body’s natural regulatory mechanisms to stabilize the immune response in patients with chronic inflammatory diseases, today announced the appointment of Ana Sharma as Vice President, Global Head of Quality.
  • Ms. Sharma brings over 20 years of experience in the biopharmaceutical industry and has a strong track record in quality and GxP compliance.
  • If approved, it would be available to many patients who are in need of safe and long-term efficacious therapeutic options for chronic inflammatory diseases.”
    Ana Sharma joined Abivax from Takeda, where she held the position of Vice President, Global Head of Research and Development Clinical Quality Assurance.

EQS-News: Abivax announces update to obefazimod Phase 2b clinical development program in moderately to severely active Crohn’s disease

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Monday, February 5, 2024

Sheldon Sloan, MD, M Bioethics, CMO of Abivax, says: “The IND clearance by the FDA allows Abivax to move forward with the development of obefazimod for the treatment of Crohn’s disease.

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  • Sheldon Sloan, MD, M Bioethics, CMO of Abivax, says: “The IND clearance by the FDA allows Abivax to move forward with the development of obefazimod for the treatment of Crohn’s disease.
  • We are excited to begin the obefazimod CD program, which has the potential to provide a meaningful benefit to patients in a therapeutic area with a high unmet medical need.”
    The obefazimod Phase 2b clinical trial in moderately to severely active CD is a double-blind placebo-controlled trial, evaluating three obefazimod doses.
  • The revised trial design takes into account FDA recommendations provided in the frame of an initial Phase 2a IND submission.
  • These adjustments to the obefazimod CD clinical program are not expected to have an impact on the overall program budget and projected supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) submission timeline.

EQS-News: Abivax to host KOL Investor Event to review phase 2b clinical data and phase 3 trial design for obefazimod in patients with moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis on February 6, 2024

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Tuesday, January 30, 2024

Abivax to host KOL Investor Event to review phase 2b clinical data and phase 3 trial design for obefazimod in patients with moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis on February 6, 2024

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  • Abivax to host KOL Investor Event to review phase 2b clinical data and phase 3 trial design for obefazimod in patients with moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis on February 6, 2024
    The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
  • The event will feature Marla Dubinsky, MD, and Parambir Dulai, MD.
  • Along with Abivax’s management, they will be discussing the unmet medical need and current treatment landscape for patients suffering from ulcerative colitis (UC).
  • He serves as the Director of GI Clinical Trials and Precision Medicine, as well as Director of the Digestive Health Foundation Biorepository.