Pharma Mar Company Description

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, China, Germany, Ireland, France, rest of the European Union, the United States, and internationally.

The company operates through Oncology and RNA Interference segments. It develops and commercializes Yondelis, a synthetic compound derived from the colonial sea squirt ecteinascidia turbinata for the treatment of soft tissue sarcoma and recurrent ovarian cancer; Aplidin that is extracted from the ascidian Aplidium albicans for the treatment of relapsed multiple myeloma; and Zepzelca, a synthetic compound derived from a colonial ascidian to treat patients with metastatic small cell lung cancer, as well as in Phase IIb/III trials for the treatment of metastatic leiomyosarcoma.

The company is also developing Ecubectedin (PM14), which is in phase I/II clinical trials with ecubectedin attained the optimal dose for the treatment of advanced solid tumors, as well as in Phase Ib trial with ecubectedin in combination with atezolizumab for the treatment of advanced solid tumors; 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.