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PTC Therapeutics to Host Call to Review Topline Results from Study 041 for Translarna™ (ataluren) in Nonsense Mutation Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, N.J., June 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- PTC Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: PTCT) will host a conference call Tuesday, June 21st at 8:00 a.m. E.T.
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[{"type":"text","content":"SOUTH PLAINFIELD, N.J., June 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- PTC Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: PTCT) will host a conference call Tuesday, June 21st at 8:00 a.m. E.T. to review topline results from Study 041 of Translarna™ (ataluren) in patients with nonsense mutation Duchenne muscular dystrophy. The call will be accompanied by a slide presentation which can be accessed through our online webcast.\nThe webinar can be accessed by dialing (877) 303-9216 (domestic) or (973) 935-8152 (international) five minutes prior to the start of the webinar and providing the passcode 7033198. A live, listen-only webcast can be accessed on the Events and Presentations page under the investor relations section of PTC Therapeutics' website at www.ptcbio.com. The accompanying slide presentation will be posted on the investor relations section of the PTC website. A webcast replay will be available approximately two hours after completion of the webinar and will be archived for 30 days following the webinar.\nAbout Duchenne muscular dystrophyPrimarily affecting males, Duchenne muscular dystrophy (Duchenne) is a rare and fatal genetic disorder that results in progressive muscle weakness from early childhood and leads to premature death in the mid-twenties due to heart and respiratory failure. It is a progressive muscle disorder caused by the lack of functional dystrophin protein. Dystrophin is critical to the structural stability of all muscles, including skeletal, diaphragm, and heart muscles. Patients with Duchenne can lose the ability to walk (loss of ambulation) as early as age ten, followed by loss of the use of their arms. Duchenne patients subsequently experience life-threatening lung complications, requiring the need for ventilation support, and heart complications in their late teens and twenties. More information regarding Duchenne is available at www.duchenneandyou.com. \nAbout Translarna™ (ataluren)Translarna (ataluren), discovered and developed by PTC Therapeutics, Inc., is a protein restoration therapy designed to enable the formation of a functioning protein in patients with genetic disorders caused by a nonsense mutation. A nonsense mutation is an alteration in the genetic code that prematurely halts the synthesis of an essential protein. The resulting disorder is determined by which protein cannot be expressed in its entirety and is no longer f...