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aTyr Pharma’s Lead Therapeutic Candidate Efzofitimod for Pulmonary Sarcoidosis to be Featured in Best of CHEST Journals at CHEST 2024 Annual Meeting
SAN DIEGO, Oct. 08, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- aTyr Pharma, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATYR) (“aTyr” or the “Company”), a clinical stage biotechnology company engaged in the
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[{"type":"text","content":"SAN DIEGO, Oct. 08, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- aTyr Pharma, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATYR) (“aTyr” or the “Company”), a clinical stage biotechnology company engaged in the discovery and development of first-in-class medicines from its proprietary tRNA synthetase platform, today announced that the Company’s lead therapeutic candidate, efzofitimod, will be featured in the Best of CHEST Journals session at the CHEST 2024 Annual Meeting, which is scheduled to take place October 6 – 9, 2024, in Boston, MA. “We are very pleased to have efzofitimod featured in this year’s Best of CHEST session, which speaks to the high quality of the data from the Phase 1b/2a study that was previously published in the journal,” said Sanjay S. Shukla, M.D., M.S., President and Chief Executive Officer of aTyr. “We believe the findings from this study, which showed the ability of efzofitimod to reduce—and in some cases eliminate— steroid use in patients while controlling symptoms, are an important step forward in developing a potential new treatment for sarcoidosis.” Details of the presentation appears below. Title: Efzofitimod for the Treatment of Pulmonary Sarcoidosis Presenter: Daniel A. Culver, D.O., Chair of the Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Cleveland ClinicSession Title: Best of CHEST Journals, Presented by CHEST, CHEST Critical Care, and CHEST Pulmonary Date and Time: Tuesday, October 8, 2024, from 4:00 p.m. to 4:20 p.m. EDTLocation: Convention Center 256 The presentation will review data supporting the efficacy of efzofitimod in pulmonary sarcoidosis, including findings from a Phase 1b/2a study for key efficacy endpoints including measures of steroid reduction, lung function, sarcoidosis symptoms and inflammatory biomarkers that were published in CHEST and a post hoc analysis of the Phase 1b/2a study that evaluated time-to-first-relapse and relapse rate for steroid use that was published in the European Respiratory Journal. Efzofitimod is currently being investigated in the global pivotal Phase 3 EFZO-FIT™ study in 268 patients with pulmonary sarcoidosis. Topline data from the study are expected in the third quarter of 2025. About Efzofitimod Efzofitimod is a first-in-class biologic immunomodulator in clinical development for the treatment of interstitial lung disease (ILD), a group of immune-mediated disorders that can cause inflammation and fibrosis, or sc...