Baudax Bio Announces Corporate Update
MALVERN, Pa., Oct. 18, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Baudax Bio, Inc. (the “Company” or “Baudax Bio”) (NASDAQ: BXRX), a biotechnology company focused on developing T cell receptor (“TCR”) therapies utilizing human regulatory T cells (“Tregs”), as well as a portfolio of clinical stage Neuromuscular Blocking Agents (“NMBs”) and an associated reversal agent, today announced that following recent shareholder approval of corporate actions related to its June 29 2023 acquisition of TeraImmune, the Company is now poised to initiate clinical development of TI-168, the Company’s next-generation, FVIII specific Treg therapy designed to reliably and effectively address Hemophilia A patients with FVIII inhibitors. The Company anticipates initiating its Phase 1/2a clinical study of TI-168 in Hemophilia A patients with FVIII inhibitors with a modest initial budget in Q1 of 2024.
- The Company anticipates initiating its Phase 1/2a clinical study of TI-168 in Hemophilia A patients with FVIII inhibitors with a modest initial budget in Q1 of 2024.
- “We are very pleased with the broad support received in last week’s special shareholder meeting, during which shareholders approved all remaining issues related to our acquisition of TeraImmune,” said Gerri Henwood, President and Chief Executive Officer of Baudax Bio.
- “We believe this combination, which brings together TeraImmune’s research expertise with Baudax’s drug development experience for the initiation of clinical development of TI-168, represents the best path forward to create shareholder value.
- This product candidate previously had an IND filed seeking to treat human subjects that received regulatory clearance, and has also recently been granted Orphan Drug Designation by the FDA.