AB-Therapeutics SL, a clinical-stage pharmaceutical biotech company in early 2012, today announced that Carles Domènech, PhD, chief executive officer and executive vice president of business development, will participate at the BIO 2011 Annual International Convention in Washington , DC from June 27 to June 30. During the convention he will meet with investors for its € 3 Milion series A financing round and will explore R&D collaborations with pharmaceutical companies.

AB-Therapeutics is a drug discovery and development company headquartered in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, with planned US facilities in Boston. The company was cofounded in late 2009 by AB Biotics, SA, a company publicly traded at the Spanish alternative stock market (MAB), Carles Domenech (CEO) and Jordi Espadaler (VP Discovery Research).
AB-Therapeutics develops safer human therapeutics targeting cell membranes to treat cancer and other indications with unmet medical needs. It has a product ABT0812 in regulatory preclinical development, with Phase I clinical trials (first in man) starting early 2012. A second drug candidate ABT1014 will start preclinical development in 4Q2011.

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Carles Domènech, PhD
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