vascular resistance by more than 300 dyne-sec/cm, improve other measures of heart health and approximately 30% of participants actually got better with imatinib added to their standard-of-care at a dose of 400 mg once daily. IkT-001Pro has the potential to be a safer, better tolerated alternative for imatinib therapy in patients with PAH. In preclinical studies, IkT-001Pro was shown to be as much as 3.4 times safer and/or better tolerated than imatinib in non-human primates, reducing burdensome gastrointestinal and other on-dosing side effects that occur following oral administration. The 702 trial evaluating IkT-001Pro in PAH was IND-cleared for clinical entry at Phase 2b by the FDA on September 9, 2024. Imatinib delivered as IkT-001Pro was granted Orphan Drug Designation for Stable-Phase CML in 2018, and Orphan Drug Designation is presently under review for PAH.
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About Inhibikase (www.inhibikase.com)
Inhibikase Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: IKT) is a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company developing Abelson Tyrosine Kinase inhibitor therapeutics for Cardiopulmonary and Neurodegenerative disease. Inhibikase’s multi-therapeutic pipeline includes its neurodegenerative disease portfolio led by risvodetinib in Parkinson’s disease, Multiple System Atrophy and other diseases that may arise from alpha-synuclein aggregate formation. Inhibikase’s cardiopulmonary disease portfolio is led by IkT-001Pro, a prodrug of imatinib mesylate, for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension that will deliver imatinib in a form that the Company believes will provide a better patient experience with fewer on-dosing side-effects. The Company’s RAMP™ medicinal chemistry program has identified several follow-on compounds to risvodetinib that could potentially be applied to other cognitive and motor function diseases of the brain. Inhibikase is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia with offices in Lexington, Massachusetts.
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