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Gentium GmbH

Gentium S.p.A., located in Como, Italy, is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and manufacture of drugs to treat and prevent a variety of diseases and conditions, including vascular diseases related to cancer and cancer treatments. Defibrotide, the Company's lead product candidate, is an investigational drug that has been granted Orphan Drug status by the U.S. FDA and Orphan Medicinal Product Designation by the European Commission both to treat and to prevent VOD and Fast Track Designation by the U.S. FDA to treat VOD. About VOD Veno-occlusive disease (VOD) is a potentially life-threatening condition, which typically occurs as a result of a significant complication of stem cell transplantation. Certain high-dose conditioning regimens used as part of stem cell transplants (SCT) can damage the lining cells of hepatic blood vessels and result in VOD, a blockage of the small veins of the liver that leads to liver failure and can result in significant dysfunction of other organs such as the kidneys and lungs (so-called severe VOD). SCT is a frequently used treatment modality following high-dose chemotherapy and radiation therapy for hematologic cancers and other conditions in both adults and children. There is currently no approved agent for the treatment or prevention of VOD in the United States or the European Union. *

 

Period Start 2011-11-22 established
  Group Jazz Pharmaceuticals (Group)
Products Industry cardiovascular drug
  Industry 2 cancer drug
Person Person Haigh, Adrian (Gentium 201201 SVP Commercial Operations)
     
Region Region Zug ZG
  Country Switzerland
  City n. a. Zug ZG
    Address record changed: 2020-12-02
     
Basic data Employees n. a.
     
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Record changed: 2024-12-29

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