Bergenbio ASA (BGBIO) Stock Overview

BerGenBio ASA, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, engages in development of novel medicines to treat immune-evasive, drug resistant, and metastatic cancers; and respiratory diseases. It develops bemcentinib, an oral once-a-day inhibitor of AXL receptor tyrosine kinase, which is in Phase 1b/2a clinical trial to treat non-small cell lung cancer, and Phase 2 clinical trial to treat acute myeloid leukemia and COVID-19. Bemcentinib is also being studied for glioblastoma, 2L lung cancer, melanoma, pancreatic cancer, and mesothelioma. In addition, the company is developing tilvestamab, an anti-AXL function-blocking monoclonal antibody that is in Phase 1b clinical trial for the treatment of ovarian cancer; and mipasetamab uzoptirine, which is in Phase 1 clinical trial for the treatment of solid tumors. It has a collaboration agreement with Merck & Co. for clinical trials. The company was incorporated in 2007 and is based in Bergen, Norway.