Interview: Roberto Bellini, President & CEO, Bellus Health, Canada
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Bellus Health is a development-focused healthcare company concentrating on products that provide innovative health solutions and address critical unmet medical needs. The Company’s product pipeline and development strategy includes two pharmaceutical drug candidates and one commercial stage nutraceutical product.
The Company’s lead program is KIACTA, a novel drug candidate currently in a Phase III Confirmatory Study for the treatment of AA amyloidosis, an orphan indication resulting in renal dysfunction that often rapidly leads to dialysis and death. KIACTA is partnered with global private equity firm Auven Therapeutics. AA amyloidosis affects approximately 35,000 to 50,000 individuals in the United States, Europe and Japan.
Bellus Health is based in Laval, Quebec and its shares trade under the ticker BLU on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
275 Armand-Frappier Blvd.
Laval,
Quebec
Canada
H7V 4A7
Tel.: (450) 680-4500
Fax: (450) 680-4501
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