Pharma Mar SA

Pharma Mar, S.A., a biopharmaceutical company, focuses on the research, development, production, and commercialization of bio-active principles for the use in oncology in Spain, Germany, Ireland, France, Switzerland, rest of the European Union, the United States, and internationally. It operates through Oncology and RNA Interference segments. The company offers Yondelis, a synthetic compound derived from the colonial sea squirt ecteinascidia turbinata that treats soft tissue sarcoma and ovarian cancer; Zepzelca, a synthetic compound designed to treat small lung cancer cells; and Aplidin, that is extracted from the ascidian Aplidium albicans to treat patients with multiple myeloma. It also develops LAGOON, which is in Phase III clinical trial for the treatment of small cell lung cancer; SaLuDo, which is in Phase III trial to treat patients with metastatic leiomyosarcoma; as well as PM534 that is Phase I clinical trials for treating solid tumors; PM54, which is in Phase I clinical trials for the treatment of solid tumors; and SYL1801 that is in phase II clinical trials for treating and preventing choroidal neovascularization, such as age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and diabetic retinopathy. In addition, it engages in the research, development, production, and sale of products with therapeutic activity based on reducing or silencing gene expression. Pharma Mar, S.A. was incorporated in 1986 and is based in Madrid, Spain.