SAN DIEGO, Feb. 28, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TRACON Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:TCON), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of novel targeted therapeutics for cancer, wet age-related macular degeneration and fibrotic diseases, today announced financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2016.
“During the fourth quarter of 2016 and beginning of this year, we made significant progress toward several important corporate objectives, and anticipate a number of additional potentially value-creating milestones over the remainder of 2017,” said Charles Theuer, M.D., Ph.D., President and CEO of TRACON. “We have recently initiated dosing in the first pivotal study of TRC105 in patients with angiosarcoma in both the U.S. and Europe following beneficial discussions with regulators in both regions. In addition, we intend to initiate the first-in-human clinical trial of TRC253, one of the two compounds in-licensed from Janssen last year, in patients with prostate cancer in the first half of 2017. Finally, we expect our partner, Santen, to initiate Phase 2 development of DE-122, the ophthalmic formulation of TRC105, in wet AMD later this year. Importantly, we are leveraging our unique and differentiated product development platform to complete all of our development activities, and look forward to continued progress throughout the course of the year.”
“During the fourth quarter of 2016 and beginning of this year, we made significant progress toward several important corporate objectives, and anticipate a number of additional potentially value-creating milestones over the remainder of 2017,” said Charles Theuer, M.D., Ph.D., President and CEO of TRACON. “We have recently initiated dosing in the first pivotal study of TRC105 in patients with angiosarcoma in both the U.S. and Europe following beneficial discussions with regulators in both regions. In addition, we intend to initiate the first-in-human clinical trial of TRC253, one of the two compounds in-licensed from Janssen last year, in patients with prostate cancer in the first half of 2017. Finally, we expect our partner, Santen, to initiate Phase 2 development of DE-122, the ophthalmic formulation of TRC105, in wet AMD later this year. Importantly, we are leveraging our unique and differentiated product development platform to complete all of our development activities, and look forward to continued progress throughout the course of the year.”
