Oncolys BioPharma Inc. (4588.T) JPX

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Oncolys BioPharma Inc.

Address

Toranomon Towers Office

Tokyo, 105-0001

Japan

Phone

81 3 5472 1578

Sector

Healthcare

Industry

Biotechnology

Employees

40

First IPO Date

December 06, 2013

Key Executives

NameTitlePayYear Born
Mr. Yasuo Urata M.Sc.Chief Executive Officer, President & Representative Director01955
Magnus JaderbergChief Medical Officer of Oncolys USA Inc.0N/A
Ms. Talia BiranPresident Oncolys USA Inc.0N/A

Description

Oncolys BioPharma Inc. engages in the research, development, manufacture, sale, import, and export of oncolytic viruses, drugs and medicines, and tumor diagnostic agents in Japan, the rest of Asia, and the United States. Its product pipeline includes Telomelysin (OBP-301), an oncolytic adenovirus that is in phase II clinical trial for the treatment of gastric cancer/gastroesophageal junction, head and neck, and esophageal cancers; and in phase I clinical trial for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma. The company's product pipeline also includes OBP-702, a telomerase-specific oncolytic adenovirus, which is in pre-clinical trial for the treatment of solid tumors; OBP-2011, which is in pre-clinical trial for the treatment of SARS-Cov-2 virus infection; OBP-601 (Censavudine), a nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitor that has completed the phase IIb clinical trial for the treatment of HIV infection; and OBP-801, a histone deacetylase inhibitor, which is in phase I clinical trial for the treatment of solid tumors, as well as in pre-clinical trial for ophthalmic use. In addition, it develops TelomeScan (OBP-401 and OBP-1101), a cancer detection drug, for detecting living circulating tumor cells in blood from cancer patients. Further, the company provides diagnostic drugs and inspection services. It has various licensing agreements with Okayama University, Osaka University, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kagoshima University, Astellas Pharma Inc., Yale University, Biologics Consulting Group, Inc., Lonza Houston, Inc., Medigen Biotechnology Corp., and Liquid Biotech USA, Inc. Oncolys BioPharma Inc. was incorporated in 2004 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.