Aclaris JAK inhibitor research for baldness ATI-5001, ATI-5002, ATI-5003 is progressing
December 28, 2016
ACLARIS Therapeutics JAK Inhibitor Research on Androgenetic Alopecia, male and female pattern baldness is progressing
Below you will find an excerpt from an Edited Transcript of Aclaris Therapeutics Inc earnings conference call or presentation Thursday, November 3, 2016 at 12:30:00pm GMT:
I will now turn the call over to Dr. Stuart Shanler to give a brief update on the JAK inhibitor program in alopecia areata, vitiligo and androgenetic alopecia. Stu?
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Stuart Shanler, Aclaris Therapeutics, Inc. - Chief Scientific Officer [4]
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Thanks, Neal. Our JAK program continues to progress as expected with ATI-5001 for oral administration for the treatment of the most severe forms of alopecia areata -- that's alopecia totalis and alopecia universalis -- and ATI-5002 for topical administration, primarily for the patchy forms of alopecia areata.
We are pleased to report that the IND application for ATI-5001 has been submitted to the FDA, and we expect to begin a human pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic -- that's a PK/PD study -- before the end of this year, which is slightly ahead of schedule. For the topical version, the ATI-5002, we are on track to submit an IND application and begin a clinical trial in the first half of 2017, which is consistent with our previous guidance.
In addition to progressing our JAK treatment program for the treatment of alopecia areata and as we reported on our last call, we have initiated preclinical development of additional JAK inhibitors which we are developing for topical use both in vitiligo and androgenetic alopecia, which is also known as male or female pattern baldness. The program includes the development of ATI-5003, which is a covalently binding JAK3-specific inhibitor, and the preclinical and formulation work continue to progress as expected.
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