** Shares of Avecho Biotechnology AVE.AX leap as much as
23.1% to A$0.016, their highest level since Jan. 4
** Biotech firm says U.S.-based Athenex ATNX.O presented
AVE's TPM-enhanced phytonadione injectable, its Vitamin K
injection, to the U.S. FDA in a pre-IND meeting request
** If FDA feedback is positive, ATNX to sign licence and
development deal for the product, and develop it further till
registration for commercialisation in the U.S.
** AVE ended 2022 flat
(Reporting by Harshita Swaminathan)
((Harshita.Swaminathan@thomsonreuters.com))