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We are a biotechnology company dedicated to discovering, developing and providing novel small molecule drugs that significantly improve the lives of patients with hematologic disorders, cancer and rare immune diseases. Our pioneering research focuses on signaling pathways that are critical to disease mechanisms. Our first product approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is TAVALISSEĀ® (fostamatinib disodium hexahydrate) tablets, the only approved oral spleen tyrosine kinase (SYK) inhibitor, for the treatment of adult patients with chronic immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) who have had an insufficient response to a previous treatment. The product is also commercially available in Europe (TAVLESSE) and Canada (TAVALISSE) for the treatment of chronic immune thrombocytopenia in adult patients. Fostamatinib is currently being studied in a Phase 3 trial for the treatment of warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia (wAIHA); a Phase 3 clinical trial for the treatment of hospitalized high-risk patients with COVID-19; a Phase 3 trial sponsored by National Institute of Health (NIH)/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), the ACTIV-4 Host Tissue Trial, is evaluating treatments, including fostamatinib in hospitalized patients with COVID-19; and a Phase 2 trial for the treatment of COVID-19 being conducted by Imperial College London. An NIH/ NHLBI-sponsored Phase 2 trial for the treatment of hospitalized patients with COVID-19, in collaboration with Inova Health System, was recently completed. Our other clinical programs include our interleukin receptor-associated kinase (IRAK) inhibitor program and a receptor-interacting serine/threonine-protein kinase (RIP1) inhibitor program in clinical development with partner Eli Lilly and Company (Lilly). In addition, we have product candidates in clinical development with partners AstraZeneca AB (AZ), BerGenBio ASA (BerGenBio) and Daiichi Sankyo (Daiichi). |