Apellis Pharmaceuticals and Beam Therapeutics have forged a five-year research partnership that will apply the latter's base-editing platform toward discovering new treatments for complement-driven diseases, the companies announced Wednesday.
Apellis Pharmaceuticals announced the company will not pursue additional development of APL-9, an investigational targeted C3 therapy designed for acute interventions, for the treatment of severe COVID-19.
Apellis Pharmaceuticals has entered into a strategic collaboration with Swedish Orphan Biovitrum (Sobi) to fast-track the advancement of systemic pegcetacoplan to treat multiple rare diseases with high unmet need.
Apellis Pharmaceuticals announced plans to submit a New Drug Application (NDA) for pegcetacoplan for the treatment of paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) in the second half of 2020.