Basilea Pharmaceutica Ltd. is headquartered in Basel, Switzerland,
and listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange (SIX:BSLN). Basilea's integrated research
and development operations are currently focused on new antibacterial,
antifungal and oncology agents to fight drug resistance and on the development
of dermatology drugs. Basilea's products are targeted to satisfy high medical
and patient needs in the hospital and specialty care setting.
Basilea owns a broad and balanced late-stage
product portfolio including novel treatments for resistant bacterial
infections, systemic fungal infections and severe skin diseases. The company's
diversified portfolio includes two commercialized drugs (alitretinoin,
ceftobiprole), one investigational drug in phase III (isavuconazole) as well as
innovative earlier-stage programs. Toctino® (alitretinoin) is marketed in the United Kingdom, Denmark,
France, Germany and Switzerland and is approved in Austria, Belgium,
Canada, Finland, Luxemburg, the Netherlands and Spain. Toctino® has been recommended for approval in additional 16 European
countries. Furthermore, a phase III clinical trial on alitretinoin for the
treatment of severe chronic hand eczema is ongoing in the U.S. Ceftobiprole is
marketed in Canada under the
brand name ZEFTERA™ and in Switzerland
under Zevtera™. Ceftobiprole
is under regulatory review in the EU and several other
countries.
Basilea has a fully integrated R&D organization and has set up commercial
organizations in Canada, France, Germany, the
Nordics, Switzerland and the United Kingdom, while it is building
sales and marketing organizations in other countries to commercialize
alitretinoin and to co-promote ceftobiprole, subject to approval.