Gentium S.p.A. (ADR) Stock Nasdaq

Gentium Srl is an Italy-based biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and manufacture of its product candidate, defibrotide, an investigational drug based on a mixture of single-stranded and double-stranded deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) extracted from pig intestines. The Company's development of defibrotide has been focused on the treatment and prevention of a disease called hepatic veno-occlusive disease ( VOD), a condition that occurs when veins in the liver are blocked as a result of cancer treatments, such as chemotherapy or radiation, that are administered prior to stem cell transplantation. The main shareholder of the Company is Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC.