Basilea Pharmaceutica AG

Basilea Pharmaceutica AG, a commercial stage biopharmaceutical company, focuses on the development of products that address the medical needs in the therapeutic areas of oncology and anti-infectives. It offers isavuconazole, an intravenous and oral azole antifungal drug for the treatment of invasive aspergillosis and mucormycosis in the United States, the European Union, and internationally under the Cresemba brand. The company also provides ceftobiprole, an intravenous antibiotic for the treatment of adult patients with community and hospital-acquired pneumonia, as well as Ceftobiprole, which is in Phase III clinical trials for the treatment of acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections, and Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia under the Zevtera name in European and various non-European countries. In addition, it engages in developing Derazantinib, an orally administered small molecule inhibitor, which is in a clinical study for the treatment intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma, a form of biliary tract cancer; BAL101553, a tumor checkpoint controller drug for tumor types unresponsive to standard therapeutics; and BAL3833, an orally available small-molecule drug candidate for use as a panRAF/SRC kinase inhibitor. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Basel, Switzerland. Show More...