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Monte Rosa Therapeutics Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2023 Financial Results and Provides Corporate Update
MRT-2359, a molecular glue degrader (MGD) being developed for MYC-driven solid tumors, advancing in ongoing Phase 1/2 clinical trial; program on track with
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[{"type":"text","content":"MRT-2359, a molecular glue degrader (MGD) being developed for MYC-driven solid tumors, advancing in ongoing Phase 1/2 clinical trial; program on track with determination of recommended Phase 2 dose expected in Q2 2024 MRT-6160, a VAV1-directed MGD designed to treat systemic and neurological autoimmune diseases, progressing toward expected IND submission in Q2 2024 and initiation of Phase 1 SAD/MAD study midyear MRT-8102 nominated as first development candidate for NEK7 program, targeting diseases driven by IL-1b and the NLRP3 inflammasome; IND submission expected in Q1 2025 Entered into strategic discovery collaboration with Roche, further expanding potential applications of QuEEN™ discovery engine Strong cash position expected to fund operations into H1 2026 and enable advancement of MRT-2359, MRT-6160, and MRT-8102 programs through clinical milestones BOSTON, March 14, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Monte Rosa Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: GLUE), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing novel molecular glue degrader (MGD)-based medicines, today reported business highlights and financial results for the full year and fourth quarter ended December 31, 2023. “We made excellent pipeline and corporate progress during 2023 and early 2024, highlighted by the encouraging initial clinical results reported from our MRT-2359 Phase 1/2 study in October. We also continued to advance our VAV1-directed MGD, MRT-6160, for autoimmune diseases toward the clinic, and we progressed MRT-8102, a NEK7-directed MGD targeting IL-1b and the NLRP3 inflammasome, into IND-enabling studies. We are excited about the broad potential of MRT-2359 in MYC-driven cancers, as well as the opportunity that exists with both the VAV1 and NEK7 programs to address pathways of emerging clinical significance in systemic and neurological autoimmune and inflammatory diseases,” said Markus Warmuth, M.D., Chief Executive Officer of Monte Rosa Therapeutics. “In addition, we entered into a strategic research collaboration with Roche to enable broader application of our technology. All combined, the terrific progress we made in the last 12 month highlights the uniqueness and differentiation of our approach and the strength of our ML/AI-driven QuEEN™ discovery engine. We look forward to building on that success with continued pipeline execution across multiple programs targeting...