In Vivo Data on Taligen Therapeutics' Pipeline Candidates Presented at the XXII International Complemen...( CAMBRIDGE Mass. Oct. 7 /- Taligen...),Health

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Taligen Therapeutics Inc. today announced that in vivo data on several of the Company's pipeline candidates were presented at the XXII International Complement Workshop in Basel, Switzerland. The data highlighted the candidates' efficacy in several animal models of complement-mediated diseases.

"These highlighted presentations, as well as several in vitro studies presented at the conference, reveal the deep expertise and expanding knowledge base within the complement research community," said Michael Holers, M.D., chief scientific officer of Taligen Therapeutics. "The work, not only from our laboratory but from the laboratories of our collaborators, is unlocking the mechanisms of immunomodulation and enabling Taligen to direct the development of new product candidates and test them in a variety of animal models as a precursor to their clinical development."

"The opportunity to further evaluate Taligen's TT30 compound in our research activities has been invaluable in our characterization of the effects of modulation of the complement system on animal models of human disease," said Steve Tomlinson, Ph.D. and principal investigator of several studies presented at the complement meeting. "Our results in the MRL lupus model in collaboration with Dr. Gary Gilkeson's group now show that targeted complement inhibition using TT30 leads to both local control of inflammation as well as a substantial decrease in the autoimmune response in vivo. No other type of compound has this dual profile of activity. I also believe these CR2-targeted compounds will help future research in the lupus area and hopefully provide therapeutic options for patients."

Key findings from several of the studies testing Taligen's product candidates are highlighted below:

Data support targeting the alternative complement pathway using TT30 as an immunomodulatory compound for treating complement-mediated diseases

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