Biodexa’s Licensor Emtora to Announce Phase 2 Clinical Trial Results of eRapa™ in Familial Adenomatous Polyposis to be Presented at Prestigious 2024 Digestive Disease Week Annual Meeting
April 30 2024 - 11:51AM
April 30, 2024
Biodexa Pharmaceuticals
PLC(“Biodexa” or the “Company”)
Biodexa’s Licensor Emtora to Announce
Phase 2 Clinical Trial Results of eRapa™ in Familial Adenomatous
Polyposis to be Presented at Prestigious 2024 Digestive Disease
Week Annual Meeting
Biodexa Pharmaceuticals PLC, (Nasdaq: BDRX), an
acquisition-focused clinical stage biopharmaceutical company
developing a pipeline of innovative products for the treatment of
diseases with unmet medical needs, is pleased to announce that’s
its licensor Emtora Biosciences has announced that results of a
Phase 2 clinical trial of eRapa in Familial Adenomatous Polyposis
(“FAP”) are to be presented at the prestigious 2024 Digestive
Disease Week annual meeting in Washington DC on May 18-21, 2024.
Carol Burke, MD, the Principal Investigator, will present the six
month data (NCT04230499) in an oral presentation at the
meeting.
On April 26, 2024, Biodexa announced that it had
entered into a definitive agreement with a Emtora for the rights to
eRapa under an exclusive, worldwide license (with the ability to
grant sublicenses) to develop, manufacture, commercialize and
otherwise advance the clinical potential of eRapa.
About eRapaeRapa is a
proprietary oral tablet formulation of rapamycin, also known as
sirolimus. Rapamycin is an mTOR (mammalian Target Of Rapamycin)
inhibitor. mTOR has been shown to have a significant role in the
signalling pathway that regulates cellular metabolism, growth and
proliferation and is activated during tumorgenesis1. Rapamycin is
approved in the US for organ rejection in renal transplantation as
Rapamune®(Pfizer). Through the use of nanotechnology and pH
sensitive polymers, eRapa is designed to address the poor
bioavailability, variable pharmacokinetics and toxicity generally
associated with the currently available forms of rapamycin. eRapa
is protected by a number of issued patents which extend through
2035, with other pending applications potentially providing further
protection beyond 2035.
eRapa in FAPFAP is
characterized as a proliferation of polyps in the colon and/or
rectum, usually occurring in mid-teens. There is no approved
therapeutic option for treating FAP patients, for whom active
surveillance and surgical resection of the colon and/or rectum
remain the standard of care. If untreated, FAP typically leads to
cancer of the colon and/or rectum. There is a significant
hereditary component to FAP with a reported incidence of one in
5,000 to 10,000 in the US2 and one in 11,300 to 37,600 in Europe3.
eRapa has received Orphan Designation in the US with plans to seek
such designation in Europe. Importantly, mTOR has been shown to be
over-expressed in FAP polyps – thereby underscoring the rationale
for using a potent and safe mTOR inhibitor like eRapa to treat
FAP.
1. Tian et al., mTOR
Signaling in Cancer and mTOR Inhibitors in Solid Tumor Targeting
Therapy, Int J Mol Sci. 2019 Feb; 20(3):
7552. www.rarediseases.org3. www.orpha.net
For more information, please contact:
Biodexa Pharmaceuticals PLC |
Stephen Stamp, CEO, CFOTel: +44 (0)29 20480
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About Biodexa Pharmaceuticals PLC
Biodexa Pharmaceuticals PLC (listed on NASDAQ:
BDRX) is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing a
pipeline of innovative products for the treatment of diseases with
unmet medical needs. The Company’s lead development programs
include eRapa, under development for Familial Adenomatous Polyposis
and Non Muscle Invasive Blader Cancer: tolimidone, under
development as a for the treatment of type 1 diabetes; and MTX110,
which is being studied in aggressive rare/orphan brain cancer
indications.
eRapa is a proprietary oral tablet formulation
of rapamycin, also known as sirolimus. Rapamycin is an mTOR
(mammalian Target Of Rapamycin) inhibitor. mTOR has been shown to
have a significant role in the signalling pathway that regulates
cellular metabolism, growth and proliferation and is activated
during tumorgenesis.
Tolimidone is an orally delivered, potent and
selective inhibitor of Lyn kinase. Lyn is a member of the Src
family of protein tyrosine kinases, which is mainly expressed in
hematopoietic cells, in neural tissues, liver, and adipose tissue.
Tolimidone demonstrates glycemic control via insulin sensitization
in animal models of diabetes and has the potential to become a
first in class blood glucose modulating agent.
MTX110 is a solubilised formulation of the
histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor, panobinostat. This
proprietary formulation enables delivery of the product via
convection-enhanced delivery (CED) at chemotherapeutic doses
directly to the site of the tumor, by-passing the blood-brain
barrier and potentially avoiding systemic toxicity.
Biodexa is supported by three proprietary drug
delivery technologies focused on improving the bio-delivery and
bio-distribution of medicines. Biodexa’s headquarters and R&D
facility is in Cardiff, UK. For more information visit
www.biodexapharma.com.
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