Christian Pangratz appointed Chief Executive Officer of sterna biologicals

Marburg, Germany, 8 January 2018

sterna biologicals GmbH & Co. KG (Sterna), an innovative clinical-stage immunology company developing novel treatments for chronic inflammatory diseases, announced today that the Company has appointed Christian M. Pangratz as Chief Executive Officer. He brings over 25 years of life sciences experience, notably in the areas of strategic planning, corporate and business development, alliance and project management, new product planning, marketing and sales.

German Center for Lung Research (DZL) successfully completes investigator-initiated study evaluating SB010 in COPD patients

Marburg, Germany, 11 September 2017

  • Results presented today at the European Respiratory Society International Congress 2017 in Milan, Italy

sterna biologicals GmbH & Co. KG ("sterna biologicals") announced today that investigator Dr Timm Greulich from the Department of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Philipps University Marburg, will present key results of the recently completed Phase II clinical trial of SB010 at the European Respiratory Society (ERS) Congress held in Milan, Italy, 9 to 13 September 2017.

sterna biologicals co-founders receive Paul Martini Prize

Marburg, Germany, 01 May 2017
sterna biologicals GmbH & Co. KG ("sterna biologicals") is pleased to announce that two of its co-founders, Prof. Dr. Holger Garn and Prof. Dr. Harald Renz, were selected to receive this year's Paul Martini Prize. The prize is one of the most prestigious prizes in the field of medicine in Germany and is awarded by the Paul Martini Foundation for exceptional research achievements in the development of novel clinically relevant therapeutic approaches. The prize will be awarded today on the occasion of the 123rd Congress of the German Society for Internal Medicine in Mannheim.

sterna biologicals announces publication of pre-clinical data in Gastroenterology

Marburg, Germany, 10 October 2016

  • Paper summarizing role of GATA-3 in ulcerative colitis published in Gastroenterology
  • SECURE study of SB012 in patients with moderate to severe ulcerative colitis continues to progress (NCT02129439)

sterna biologicals GmbH & Co. KG ("sterna biologicals") announced today that detailed mechanistic investigations of the role of GATA-3 in ulcerative colitis, performed primarily by Prof Markus Neurath's group in Erlangen (Germany), were published in Gastroenterlogy (Popp et al, 2016).

sterna biologicals announces publication of SB010 Phase IIa results in the New England Journal of Medicine

Marburg, Germany, 17 May 2015

  • SB010 Phase IIa proof-of-concept results published in the New England Journal of Medicine
  • SB010 Phase I programme results published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
  • SB010 development programme comprising four completed clinical trials demonstrates excellent safety profile combined with efficacy comparable to monoclonal antibodies