Kuros Biosciences Hosts an Expert Perspectives Webinar on Pioneering Solutions for Targeted and Controlled Bone Healing

Schlieren (Zurich), Switzerland, October 1, 2020 – Kuros Biosciences (SIX: KURN), a leader in next generation bone graft technologies, will host an expert perspectives webinar on pioneering solutions for targeted and controlled bone healing on Wednesday, October 14, 2020 at 2pm Central European Time (CET).

The call will feature a presentation by Key Opinion Leaders John Chi, MD, MPH, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Alpesh Patel, MD, Northwestern Medicine, who will discuss Kuros’s products, Fibrin-PTH (KUR-113) and MagnetOs, which promote targeted and controlled bone healing. Drs. Patel and Chi will be available to answer questions at the conclusion of the call. Joost de Bruijn, Kuros’s CEO, will also give a brief corporate update.

This KOL event is restricted to participants outside the U.S., Australia and Japan.

To register for the call, please click here.

Kuros recently announced the treatment of the first patient in a Phase 2 clinical trial with Fibrin-PTH. Fibrin-PTH is the first-ever investigational drug-biologic product candidate being evaluated for spinal fusion and addresses a vast clinical need. Fibrin-PTH promotes controlled and targeted bone formation at the site of implantation and has been demonstrated in relevant animal models of spinal fusion to be comparable to rhBMP-2.

MagnetOs is an advanced bone graft commercialized in the U.S and the UK as an alternative to the gold standard treatment of autograft. Its unique submicron surface topography leads to the formation of bone instead of scar tissue in spinal fusion. MagnetOs has attained an osteoinductive claim in Europe, and its use is supported by a growing body of clinical data.

John Chi, MD, MPH is the Director of Neurosurgical Spinal Cancer in the Department of Neurosurgery and Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School and the coordinating PI of the phase 2 clinical trial with Fibrin-PTH. His clinical practice at Brigham and Women’s Hospital is focused on personalizing comprehensive care for patients with spinal disorders and spinal tumors.

Dr. Chi has been at Harvard Medical School since 2008, prior to which he was Clinical Instructor at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Chi focuses on decompression, spinal fusion, and complex spinal reconstruction and is an expert at performing minimally invasive spine surgery. He holds an MD from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and was resident in neurosurgery at the University of California in San Francisco.

Alpesh Patel, MD is the Director of Orthopedic Spine Surgery at Northwestern Medical and a spine surgeon with fellowship training in both orthopedic spine surgery and neurosurgery. Dr. Patel specializes in cervical spine surgery and minimally invasive spine surgery. His experience and research include the areas of cervical spine surgery, cervical myelopathy, herniated discs, minimally invasive surgery, spine trauma and spinal cord injuries. He is also known for his research in cost-effectiveness and value in spine care.

Dr. Patel is also Adjunct Associate Professor of Orthopedics at University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics and was previously at Loyola University Medical Center. He holds MDs from Northwestern, Washington University in St Louis and Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals.