Our Opinion

Abivax SA is on the Cruelty Free Investing use of animals list because they conduct pre-clinical studies of their drugs on animals to assess a product’s safety profile.

Supporting Evidence:

The company stated in the following report that they exploit animals for product testing.

“In a DSS mouse model, the Company observed that administration of DSS enhances the expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines in colonic tissue and Th17 cells in lymph nodes and that the treatment of these mice with obefazimod reduced the level of pro-inflammatory cytokines and Th17 cells back to their normal level.” (Page 33) Read the full document

Company Description

ABIVAX Société Anonyme, a clinical-stage biotechnology company, focuses on developing therapeutics that harness the body’s natural regulatory mechanisms to stablize the immune response in patients with chronic inflammatory diseases. The company is evaluating its lead drug candidate, obefazimod, in Phase 3 clinical trials for the treatment of moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis in adults. ABIVAX Société Anonyme was incorporated in 2013 and is headquartered in Paris, France.

Company Website: https://www.abivax.com