Proteon CEO: New trial could be a path to market

After Proteon Therapeutics Inc.'s chronic kidney disease treatment failed a late clinical trial, the company is forging forward with a new plan that could take the drug to market. The Waltham, Mass.-based company's treatment, vonapanitase, was originally developed by Kansas City entrepreneur Nick Franano. It's intended to help maintain blood flow through an arteriovenous fistula (AVF), a connection between an artery and a vein, used for patients on dialysis. "What we're tr ying to do is not just…
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