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CLEVELAND, , Dec. 31, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Abeona Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: ABEO) today announced it has granted equity awards to new non-executive employees who joined the Company. The equity awards were approved in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4).

CLEVELAND, Dec. 02, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Abeona Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: ABEO) today announced it has granted equity awards to new non-executive employees who joined the Company. The equity awards were approved in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4).

FDA accepts BLA resubmission of pz-cel in recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa and sets PDUFA target action date of April 29, 2025

FDA assigns PDUFA target action date of April 29, 2025

CLEVELAND, Nov. 04, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Abeona Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: ABEO) today announced that members of its management team will participate in upcoming investor conferences in November 2024:

CLEVELAND, Nov. 01, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Abeona Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: ABEO) today announced it has granted equity awards to new non-executive employees who joined the Company. The equity awards were approved in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4).

CLEVELAND, Oct. 29, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Abeona Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: ABEO) today announced that the Company has resubmitted its Biologics License Application (BLA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) for prademagene zamikeracel (pz-cel), its investigational autologous cell-based gene therapy, as a potential new treatment for patients with recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (RDEB).

CLEVELAND, Oct. 01, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Abeona Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: ABEO) today announced it has granted equity awards to new non-executive employees who joined the Company. The equity awards were approved in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4).

CLEVELAND, Sept. 03, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Abeona Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: ABEO) today announced that members of its management team will participate in upcoming investor conferences in September 2024:

CLEVELAND, Sept. 02, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Abeona Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: ABEO) today announced it has granted equity awards to new non-executive employees who joined the Company. The equity awards were approved in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4).

CLEVELAND, Aug. 14, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Abeona Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: ABEO) today announced the appointment of Bernhardt G. Zeiher, MD, FCCP, FACP, and Eric Crombez, MD as new independent members to its Board of Directors. Dr. Zeiher brings more than 20 years of drug development experience where, in various roles, he oversaw the approval of 15 new treatments that addressed unmet needs in serious diseases with few to no treatment options. Dr. Crombez currently serves as Chief Medical Officer of Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. and brings extensive expertise in the development and execution of clinical development programs for rare genetic disorders.

CMS grants ICD-10-PCS product-specific procedure code and favorable DRG assignment for pz-cel, supporting efficient hospital billing, reimbursement and patient access

Significant progress addressing CMC items noted in CRL

CLEVELAND, Aug. 01, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Abeona Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: ABEO) today announced it has granted equity awards to new non-executive employees who joined the Company. The equity awards were approved in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4).

CLEVELAND and LONDON, July 11, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Abeona Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: ABEO), a cell and gene therapy company with proprietary adeno-associated virus (AAV)-based capsids, and Beacon Therapeutics, an ophthalmic gene therapy company and Syncona portfolio company, today announced an agreement by which Beacon will evaluate Abeona's patented AAV204 capsid for the development and commercialization of potential gene therapies for select ophthalmology indications.

CLEVELAND, July 08, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Abeona Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: ABEO) today announced that Abeona’s Chief Executive Officer, Vish Seshadri, Ph.D., M.B.A., and Chief Commercial Officer, Madhav Vasanthavada, Ph.D., M.B.A., will participate in a virtual fireside chat at the Stifel Virtual Cell Therapy Forum on Tuesday, July 9, 2024 at 9:45 a.m. Eastern Time.

CLEVELAND, June 03, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Abeona Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: ABEO) today announced it has granted equity awards to new non-executive employees who joined the Company. The equity awards were approved in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4).

CLEVELAND, May 28, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Abeona Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: ABEO) today announced that members of its senior management team will participate in a fireside chat at the Jefferies Global Healthcare Conference on Thursday, June 6, 2024 at 11:30 a.m. Eastern Time. The Company will also participate in one-on-one investor meetings at the conference.

BLA resubmission anticipated in second half of 2024

CLEVELAND, May 07, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Abeona Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: ABEO) today announced it has granted equity awards to new non-executive employees who joined the Company. The equity awards were approved in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4).

CLEVELAND, May 03, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Abeona Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: ABEO) (“Abeona” or the “Company”) today announced the pricing of an underwritten offering of 12,285,056 shares of its common stock and, in lieu of common stock, pre-funded warrants to purchase 6,142,656 shares of its common stock, at an offering price of $4.07 per share, which is equal to the closing price on Thursday, May 2, 2024, or $4.0699 per pre-funded warrant, which represents the per share offering price for the common stock less the $0.0001 per share exercise price for each pre-funded warrant. The pre-funded warrants will be immediately exercisable at a nominal exercise price of $0.0001 per share and may be exercised at any time until the pre-funded warrants are exercised in full. The closing of the offering is expected to occur on or about May 7, 2024, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.

Receives FDA Complete Response Letter (CRL) based on need for additional CMC information

CLEVELAND, April 01, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Abeona Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: ABEO) today announced it has granted equity awards to new non-executive employees who joined the Company. The equity awards were approved in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4).

- FDA completed Pre-License Inspection of Abeona’s Cleveland manufacturing facility, as well as inspection of clinical trial sites for pz-cel pivotal Phase 3 VIITAL™ study -

CLEVELAND, March 05, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Abeona Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: ABEO) today announced it has granted equity awards to new non-executive employees who joined the Company. The equity awards were approved in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4).

CLEVELAND, Feb. 01, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Abeona Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: ABEO) today announced it has granted equity awards to new non-executive employees who joined the Company. The equity awards were approved in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4).

- On track for PDUFA target action date of May 25, 2024 -

CLEVELAND, Jan. 08, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Abeona Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: ABEO) today announced that it has entered into a $50 million credit facility with the Avenue Venture Opportunities Fund, L.P. The credit agreement, which has a term of three and a half years, includes a first tranche of $20 million at closing, a second tranche of $10 million of committed capital, and an additional accordion option to upsize the credit facility by an additional $20 million upon satisfaction of certain terms and conditions.

CLEVELAND, Dec. 15, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Abeona Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: ABEO) today announced it has granted equity awards to new non-executive employees who joined the Company. The equity awards were approved in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4).

- PDUFA target action date is May 25, 2024 -

Abeona’s first-ever U.S. Biologics License Application (BLA) submission completed in September 2023

CLEVELAND, Nov. 01, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Abeona Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: ABEO) today announced it has granted equity awards to new non-executive employees who joined the Company. The equity awards were approved in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4).

CLEVELAND, Sept. 26, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Abeona Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: ABEO) today announced the Company has submitted a Biologics License Application (BLA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) seeking approval of EB-101, its investigational autologous, engineered cell therapy, as a treatment for patients with recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (RDEB). As part of the submission, Abeona requested a Priority Review, which, if granted, would shorten the FDA’s review period to six months from the filing acceptance of the BLA, instead of 10 months under standard review.

CLEVELAND, Sept. 12, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Abeona Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: ABEO) today announced the appointment of Madhav Vasanthavada, Ph.D., M.B.A. to the role of Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) and Head of Business Development (BD), effective immediately. In this capacity, in addition to his current BD responsibilities, Dr. Vasanthavada will oversee all aspects of commercial strategy, planning and operations as Abeona prepares for a potential launch of EB-101, its investigational, genetically engineered autologous cell therapy for recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (RDEB). Dr. Vasanthavada is a seasoned commercial executive bringing over 20 years of experience with leadership roles in sales, marketing, and market access in the life sciences industry, including launch experience with autologous cell therapies. Over the past year, as Abeona’s Head of BD, Dr. Vasanthavada’s efforts to assess EB-101’s commercial opportunity informed the Company’s strategy to prepare for a U.S. commercial launch without depending on a partner.

CLEVELAND, Sept. 07, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Abeona Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: ABEO) today announced that members of its management team will participate in upcoming investor conferences in September 2023:

CLEVELAND, Aug. 30, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Abeona Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: ABEO) today announced the Company’s intention to proceed with the submission of a Biologics License Application (BLA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for EB-101, its investigational autologous, engineered cell therapy, for patients with recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (RDEB) after the recent completion of a pre-BLA meeting with the FDA.

On track for Biologics License Application (BLA) submission in third quarter of 2023

CLEVELAND, July 28, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Abeona Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: ABEO) today announced that it has completed the submission of the briefing package to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the Company’s pre-Biologics License Application (BLA) meeting in August 2023. The purpose of the pre-BLA meeting is to discuss with the FDA the format, content, and acceptability of the anticipated BLA for EB-101, Abeona’s investigational autologous, engineered cell therapy for recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa.

CLEVELAND, July 19, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Abeona Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: ABEO) today announced that it has joined the Rare Disease Company Coalition (RDCC), an alliance of life science companies committed to discovering, developing, and delivering therapies for patients impacted by rare diseases. Abeona’s Chief Executive Officer, Vish Seshadri, Ph.D., M.B.A., has been appointed to the RDCC’s Board of Directors.

CLEVELAND, July 07, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Abeona Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: ABEO) announced the closing of its previously announced registered direct offering for total gross proceeds of $25 million, before deducting the placement agents’ fees and other offering expenses.

CLEVELAND, July 03, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Abeona Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: ABEO) today announced that it has raised $25 million at-the-market from select existing investors, primarily to fund initiation of the Company’s launch preparations in anticipation of the EB-101 Biologics License Application (BLA) submission and potential approval.

CLEVELAND, June 09, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Abeona Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: ABEO) today announced that it received feedback from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on June 8, 2023, in which the Company gained the Agency’s alignment on the data required to establish retroviral vector (RVV) comparability, a critical Chemistry, Manufacturing and Controls (CMC) component for the EB-101 Biologics License Application (BLA).

CLEVELAND, June 01, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Abeona Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: ABEO) today announced that Vish Seshadri, Chief Executive Officer, will participate in a fireside chat at the Jefferies Healthcare Conference on Friday, June 9, 2023 at 9:00 a.m. Eastern time. The Company will also participate in one-on-one investor meetings at the conference.

CLEVELAND, May 22, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Abeona Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: ABEO) today announced it has changed the date of its previously announced First Quarter 2023 Portfolio Update conference call and webcast to Wednesday, May 24, 2023, at 8:30 a.m. ET. The call was previously scheduled for Tuesday, May 23, 2023, at 8:30 a.m. ET.

Animal proof-of-concept for AAV-based gene therapies for Stargardt disease, X-linked retinoschisis and autosomal dominant optic atrophy

Continues to make progress toward Biologics License Application (BLA) submission for EB-101 in late-2Q/early-3Q 2023; submitted request for pre-BLA meeting

CLEVELAND, May 11, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Abeona Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: ABEO) today announced an oral presentation of additional data from the Company's pivotal Phase 3 VIITAL™ study evaluating its investigational EB-101 for recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (RDEB). The data presentation occurred earlier today during the inaugural International Societies for Investigative Dermatology (ISID) Meeting in Tokyo, Japan.

CLEVELAND, April 10, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Abeona Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: ABEO) today announced the acceptance of three abstracts at the 26th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy (ASGCT) taking place from May 16-20, 2023 in Los Angeles, CA. Accepted abstracts include new data on three internally developed investigational preclinical gene therapy product candidates from its adeno-associated virus (AAV) ophthalmology program, including ABO-504 for Stargardt disease, ABO-503 for X-linked retinoschisis (XLRS) and ABO-505 for autosomal dominant optic atrophy (ADOA).

Expects to submit BLA for EB-101 to FDA in late-2Q/early-3Q 2023 based on positive Phase 3 VIITAL™ study results announced in 4Q 2022

NEW YORK and CLEVELAND, March 24, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Abeona Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: ABEO) today announced it has granted equity awards to new employees who joined Abeona.

NEW YORK and CLEVELAND, March 16, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Abeona Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: ABEO) today announced that additional data from its pivotal Phase 3 VIITAL™ study of EB-101 for recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (RDEB) has been accepted for an oral presentation at the inaugural International Societies for Investigative Dermatology (ISID) Meeting, being held May 10-13, 2023 in Tokyo, Japan. Abeona previously reported positive top-line efficacy and safety data from the VIITAL study in November 2022.

Advancing AAV-based gene therapy candidates toward IND studies on encouraging animal proof of concept data in Stargardt Disease, X-linked Retinoschisis (XLRS), and Autosomal Dominant Optic Atrophy (ADOA)

Following positive topline data from Phase 3 VIITAL™ study of EB-101 with both co-primary endpoints met, Abeona plans to submit BLA to U.S. FDA in 2Q 2023

NEW YORK and CLEVELAND, Nov. 03, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Abeona Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: ABEO) announced today that it has entered into a securities purchase agreement to sell 7,065,946 shares of its common stock, and, in lieu of shares of common stock, pre-funded warrants exercisable for 543,933 shares of common stock, and accompanying warrants to purchase 7,609,879 shares of its common stock to a group of new and existing institutional investors in a private placement. The offering price for each share of common stock and accompanying warrant was $4.60, and the offering price for each pre-funded warrant and accompanying warrant was $4.59, which equals the offering price per share of the common stock and accompanying warrant, less the $0.01 per share exercise price of each pre-funded warrant. Each accompanying warrant will represent the right to purchase one share of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $4.75 per share of common stock. The pre-funded warrants and the accompanying warrants will be exercisable immediately, and will expire five years from the date of issuance. Gross proceeds of the private placement are expected to be approximately $35,000,000, before deducting placement agent fees and other expenses. The private placement is expected to close on November 7, 2022, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.

Co-primary endpoint measuring >50% wound healing, other endpoints measuring >75% and complete wound healing at six months all met

NEW YORK and CLEVELAND, Oct. 19, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Abeona Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: ABEO) today announced the database lock on October 18, 2022 for the pivotal Phase 3 VIITAL™ study of its investigational autologous, engineered cell therapy, EB-101, in patients with recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (RDEB). With the database now locked, the Company remains on track to report topline results in the next two to three weeks, consistent with guidance provided in early-October.

Topline VIITAL™ study results expected within the next month