PTC Therapeutics

PTC Therapeutics appoints Zeldis to board of directors

Thursday, October 4, 2012 12:14 PM

PTC Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company based in South Plainfield, N.J., has appointed Jerome B. Zeldis, M.D., Ph.D., to the company's board of directors.

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PTC Therapeutics raises $30M for ataluren in muscular dystrophy

Monday, July 23, 2012 12:36 PM

PTC Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company based in South Plainfield, N.J., has completed a $30 million round of financing. The round included a number of long-term investors such as Credit Suisse First Boston Equity Partners, HBM BioVentures, Vulcan Ventures, Celgene, Delphi Ventures, The Column Group, Novo A/S and other existing investors.

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PTC Therapeutics receives $5 million award from the Wellcome Trust

Friday, December 23, 2011 10:45 AM

PTC Therapeutics has received a $5 million Seeding Drug Discovery (SDD) award from the Wellcome Trust to support the development of small-molecule drugs that target life-threatening infections caused by multidrug-resistant (MDR) Gram-negative bacteria. PTC previously received a $5.4 million SDD Award from the Wellcome Trust to support its BMI1 oncology program.

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Roche, PTC sign potential $490m licensing deal

Tuesday, November 29, 2011 01:56 PM

Roche, PTC Therapeutics, and the SMA Foundation, have signed a licensing agreement for PTC's Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) program. SMA is a genetic neuromuscular disorder that causes muscle weakness.

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AZ, PTC collaborate in oncology

Thursday, June 30, 2011 09:59 AM

AstraZeneca and PTC Therapeutics are joining forces for cancer cures, using PTC's discovery/development technology platform, reported FierceBiotech.  AZ will front an undisclosed amount of cash to work on the first oncology target.

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Stay Granted in Muscular Dystrophy Clinical Trial Case

Friday, September 19, 2008 12:38 PM

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has granted PTC Therapeutics’ request for a stay of the Federal District Court’s decision on August 20 that would have forced the biotech company to provide its experimental drug PTC124 to 16-year-old Duchenne muscular dystrophy patient Jacob Gunvalson outside its clinical trial process.

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CenterWatch Commentary: Experimental Drug Access Wars Continue

Friday, August 22, 2008 09:00 AM

A U.S. District judge Wednesday ordered PTC Therapeutics to supply its experimental drug to 16-year-old Jacob Gunvalson, who has Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a terminal disease for which there is no known cure.

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