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Catalyst Biosciences Announces Poster Presentation at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Annual Meeting

March 6, 2019

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., March 06, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Catalyst Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBIO), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing novel medicines to address hematology indications, today announced the presentation of a poster, in collaboration with partner Mosaic Biosciences, at the 2019 Annual Meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO), being held in Vancouver, British Columbia, from April 28-May 2, 2019. The data will focus on preclinical pharmacokinetic data of pegylated CB 2782, Catalyst’s preclinical anti-complement candidate for the treatment of dry age-related macular degeneration (dry AMD).  

Poster presentation details

                Presentation Title:   Pegylated CB 2782: a Complement Factor C3-Inactivating Protease and Potential Long-Acting Treatment for Dry AMD      
                Presenter:   Eric Furfine, Ph.D.      
                Session:   AMD therapies (excluding anti-VEGF)      
                Date/Time:   Sunday, April 28, 2019 from 1:00 - 2:45 p.m. PDT      

A copy of the presentation materials can be accessed on the Events and Presentations section of the Catalyst website once the presentation concludes.

About Catalyst Biosciences
Catalyst is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel medicines to address hematology indications. Catalyst is focused on the field of hemostasis, including the subcutaneous prophylaxis of hemophilia and facilitating surgery in individuals with hemophilia. For more information, please visit www.catalystbiosciences.com.

Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve substantial risks and uncertainties. All statements, other than statement of historical facts (including, but not limited to, statements that contain words such as “will,” “believes,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “expects,” “estimates”) are forward-looking statements. Actual results or events could differ materially from the plans, intentions, expectations and projections disclosed in the forward-looking statements. Various important factors could cause actual results or events to differ materially from the forward-looking statements that the Company makes, including, but not limited to, the risk that trials and studies may be delayed and may not have satisfactory outcomes, that human trials will not replicate the results from animal studies, that potential adverse effects may arise from the testing or use of the Company’s products, including the generation of antibodies, the risk that costs required to develop or manufacture the Company’s products will be higher than anticipated, competition and other factors that affect our ability to establish collaborations on commercially reasonable terms and other risks described in the “Risk Factors” section of the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2018 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 1, 2018, and with other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company does not assume any obligation to update any forward-looking statements, except as required by law.

Contacts:
Investors:
Fletcher Payne, CFO
Catalyst Biosciences, Inc.
1.650.871.0761
investors@catbio.com

Media:
Josephine Belluardo, Ph.D.
LifeSci Public Relations
1.646.751.4361
jo@lifescipublicrelations.com

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Source: Catalyst Biosciences, Inc.