Cytopia Nominates JAK2 Clinical Candidate for Myeloproliferative... (sed into formal preclinical studiesinclu...)

Cytopia Nominates JAK2 Clinical Candidate for Myeloproliferative Disorders

Date:3/17/2008

sed into formal preclinical studies including IND-enabling toxicology studies. This program will lead to the submission of an Investigational New Drug (IND) application with the US Food and Drug Administration(FDA) in the fourth quarter of 2008. The preclinical development program has already been considered by the FDA in pre-IND reviews, including a face-to-face meeting with FDA reviewers last month.

"The accumulated data for CYT387 clearly indicates that this compound has an excellent potency and safety profile for the treatment of patients with MPDs. We are aggressively progressing this compound through formal preclinical studies with the aim of beginning clinical trials by the end of this year," said Mr. Andrew Macdonald, CEO of Cytopia.

About JAK2

The discovery of a specific single activating mutation in the JAK2 enzyme in MPDs in 2005 has focused attention on developing a therapy for these diseases through selective inhibition of JAK2. To successfully address these chronic diseases with a JAK2 inhibitor, the specificity and resultant tolerability profile is a key element of the product profile required for a "best in class" inhibitor.

CYT387 is a specific JAK2 inhibitor with excellent potential for safe and efficacious chronic human dosing. It has been derived from Cytopia's knowledge of basic biology of JAK kinases, a strong structural biology program that has delivered multiple co-crystal structures of JAK2 complexed with inhibitors, and the subsequent development of an extensive chemical library of JAK2 inhibitors through an integrated computational and medicinal chemistry platform.

Cytopia is developing a suite of JAK2 inhibitors for multiple indications including the treatment of certain cancers, particularly lymphomas and solid tumors where JAK2 has been shown to be up-regulated, and for cardiovascular diseases such as pulmonary hypertension.

About Cytopia

Cytopia Ltd is an Australian biotechnology company
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