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SEATTLE, March 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Omeros Corporation (Nasdaq: OMER), a biopharmaceutical company committed to discovering, developing and commercializing products focused on inflammation, bleeding and disorders of the central nervous system, today announced financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2010. Financial Results Total operating expenses for the three months ended December 31, 2010 were $9.5 million, compared to $5.7 million for the same period in...
SEATTLE, March 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Omeros Corporation (Nasdaq: OMER) today announced that it has identified compounds that interact selectively with two orphan G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) linked to pancreatic cancer (GPR182) and cognitive disorders (GPR12). Together with the three previously unlocked orphans linked to squamous cell carcinoma (GPR87), obesity (GPR85) and appetite control (GPR101), Omeros has now successfully unlocked five orphan GPCRs. GPCRs represent the...
SEATTLE, Feb. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Omeros Corporation (Nasdaq: OMER) today announced that its exclusive license to phosphodiesterase 7 (PDE7) inhibitors from Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. has been amended to include addiction and compulsive disorders in the field of use. Omeros' PDE7 program was founded on the Company's discovery of a previously unknown link between PDE7 and any movement disorder, such as Parkinson's disease. Omeros believes that it also is the first to link PDE7 to any...
SEATTLE, Feb. 10, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Omeros Corporation (Nasdaq: OMER) today announced that research on the antifibrinolytic agents it is developing has been published in the February 11, 2011 issue of the Journal of Biological Chemistry and selected by the editors as one of the top one percent of papers reviewed by the Journal in terms of significance and overall importance. This work from the laboratory of S. Paul Bajaj, Ph.D., demonstrates that unique antifibrinolytic agents can be...
SEATTLE, Feb. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Omeros Corporation (Nasdaq: OMER) today announced that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has confirmed that OMS103HP is eligible to be submitted for marketing approval in the European Union (EU) through the EMA centralized procedure. OMS103HP is Omeros' lead product candidate currently in a Phase 3 clinical program evaluating the drug's safety and ability to improve postoperative joint function and reduce pain following anterior cruciate ligament...
SEATTLE, Jan. 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Omeros Corporation (Nasdaq: OMER) today announced that it has obtained an exclusive license from The Regents of the University of California to a new series of antifibrinolytic agents. These optimized agents represent a significant potential advance in the control of surgical and traumatic bleeding. "This is a good opportunity for Omeros and represents a potential life-saving treatment for patients. With the withdrawal of Trasylol® from the market...
SEATTLE, Dec. 29, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Omeros Corporation (Nasdaq: OMER), a biopharmaceutical company committed to discovering, developing and commercializing products focused on inflammation and disorders of the central nervous system, today announced results from the Phase 1/2 clinical trial of OMS201, the Company's urological PharmacoSurgery(TM) product candidate. OMS201 is a proprietary combination of an anti-inflammatory agent and a smooth muscle relaxant, each with...
SEATTLE, Nov. 24, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Omeros Corporation (Nasdaq: OMER), a biopharmaceutical company committed to discovering, developing and commercializing products focused on inflammation and disorders of the central nervous system, today announced that Gregory A. Demopulos, M.D., chairman and chief executive officer, will present at the 22nd Annual Piper Jaffray Health Care Conference on November 30, 2010 at 3:00 p.m. Eastern time in New York City. The presentation will be...
SEATTLE, Nov. 23, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Omeros Corporation (Nasdaq: OMER), a biopharmaceutical company committed to discovering, developing and commercializing products focused on inflammation and disorders of the central nervous system, today announced that it has completed the acquisition of a GPCR assay technology, comprised of patents and other intellectual property rights, from Patobios Limited (Patobios). During the preceding exclusive option period with Patobios, Omeros...
SEATTLE, Nov. 17, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Omeros Corporation (Nasdaq: OMER), a biopharmaceutical company committed to discovering, developing and commercializing products focused on inflammation and disorders of the central nervous system, today announced the appointment of Kenneth M. Ferguson, Ph.D. to the position of vice president, development. "Ken brings a depth and breadth of experience to Omeros, from development to partnering and through to commercialization," said Gregory...
