Passage Bio, Inc. Reports Earnings Results for the Second Quarter and Six Months Ended June 30, 2022
August 04, 2022 at 04:30 pm IST
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Passage Bio, Inc. reported earnings results for the second quarter and six months ended June 30, 2022. For the second quarter, the company reported net loss was USD 39.54 million compared to USD 48.44 million a year ago. Basic loss per share from continuing operations was USD 0.73 compared to USD 0.9 a year ago.
For the six months, net loss was USD 82.35 million compared to USD 87.32 million a year ago. Basic loss per share from continuing operations was USD 1.52 compared to USD 1.66 a year ago.
Passage Bio, Inc. is a clinical-stage genetic medicines company focused on improving the lives of patients with neurodegenerative diseases. Its clinical product candidate, PBFT02, seeks to elevate progranulin levels to restore lysosomal function and slow disease progression across a variety of neurodegenerative diseases. PBFT02 utilizes an adeno-associated virus capsid to deliver a functional granulin gene, or GRN, encoding progranulin to the brain via intra cisterna magna administration. The lead indication for PBFT02 is frontotemporal dementia, or FTD, caused by progranulin deficiency, or FTD-GRN. Its development programs consist of PBFT02 for the treatment of FTD-GRN, PBFT02 for the treatment of FTD-C9orf72 and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and PBFT02 for the treatment of Alzheimerâs disease. Its clinical product candidates include PBGM01, PBKR03 and PBML04. It has one unnamed preclinical research program that explores multiple potential treatment targets for Huntington's disease.