PALO ALTO, Calif., March 18, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kalaris Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: KLRS)(“Kalaris”), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the development and commercialization of treatments for prevalent diseases of the retina, today announced the completion of its previously announced merger with AlloVir, Inc. (“AlloVir”). The combined company will operate under the name Kalaris Therapeutics, Inc. and its shares are expected to begin trading on The Nasdaq Global Market on March 19, 2025 under the ticker symbol “KLRS.” Kalaris is currently developing TH103, a novel, differentiated anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (“VEGF”) agent engineered to potentially provide longer-lasting and increased anti-VEGF activity to treat neovascular and exudative diseases of the retina. TH103 was specifically engineered to address the limitations of current neovascular Age-related Macular Degeneration (“nAMD”) therapies and has demonstrated both potent anti-VEGF activity and sustained ocular residence time in preclinical studies. Kalaris expects to report initial data from Part 1 of its ongoing Phase 1 clinical trial of TH103 in the second half of 2025. The combined company’s cash and cash equivalents of approximately $100 million as of the closing date is expected to be sufficient to fund its operating expenses and capital expenditure requirements into the fourth quarter of 2026. “We are delighted to close this transaction, which we expect will provide us with the financial resources to continue development of TH103 beyond the initiation of our planned Phase 2 clinical trial”, said Andrew Oxtoby, CEO of Kalaris Therapeutics.
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