Nile Therapeutics Announces Positive Results from Phase 1b Safety and Pharmacodynamics Study of CD-NP in Patients with Hea...(re patients frequently suffer episodes o...)

Date:12/9/2008

re patients frequently suffer episodes of acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) which require hospitalization. For Americans over 65 years of age, ADHF is the most frequent cause of hospital admission. In recent years, 2.4 million patients in the US were hospitalized with a primary or secondary discharge code of ADHF and an average hospital stay of 4.3 days.

About CD-NP

CD-NP is a novel chimeric natriuretic peptide in clinical development for the treatment of ADHF. CD-NP was rationally designed by scientists at the Mayo Clinic's Cardiorenal Research Labs. Current therapies for ADHF, including B-type natriuretic peptide, have been associated with favorable pharmacologic effects, but have also been associated with hypotension and decreased renal function which limit their utility in clinical practice. CD-NP was designed to preserve the favorable effects of current therapies while preventing or attenuating the hypotensive response, and enhancing or preserving renal function. The Company believes that these biochemical features, together with preclinical and preliminary clinical data in patients with heart failure, suggest that CD-NP may have a favorable safety and efficacy profile relative to current therapies for ADHF. In addition to an initial indication for ADHF, CD-NP has potential utility in other indications which include preservation of cardiac function subsequent to acute myocardial infarction (AMI), and prevention of renal damage subsequent to cardiac surgery. We expect to initiate a Phase 2b study in patients with acute heart failure in 2009.

About Nile Therapeutics

Nile Therapeutics, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company that develops innovative products for the treatment of cardiovascular disease and other areas of unmet medical need. Nile is initially focusing its efforts on developing its lead compound, CD-NP, a novel rationally designed chimeric pept
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