Kazia Therapeutics Limited
KZIA
$3.09
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NASDAQ
Corporate Info
Website
Phone Number
61 2 9472 4101
Address
Three International Towers
Level 24
300 Barangaroo Avenue
Sydney, NSW 2000
Level 24
300 Barangaroo Avenue
Sydney, NSW 2000
Country
Australia
Year Founded
1994
Details
Sector
Health Care
Industry
Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology and Life Sciences
Employees
Business Decription
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.