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Soleno Therapeutics Participates in Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS) DCCR Town Hall
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., April 14, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Soleno Therapeutics, Inc. (“Soleno”) (NASDAQ: SLNO), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company
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[{"type":"text","content":"REDWOOD CITY, Calif., April 14, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Soleno Therapeutics, Inc. (“Soleno”) (NASDAQ: SLNO), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapeutics for the treatment of rare diseases, today announced that Anish Bhatnagar, M.D., Chief Executive Officer, participated in a Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS) DCCR Town Hall on Wednesday, April 14, 2021. The event featured speakers from the PWS community who discussed the challenges of living with PWS, as well as patient and caregiver perspectives on DCCR treatment. Dr. Bhatnagar’s remarks highlighted the unmet medical needs facing PWS patients, the Company’s ongoing commitment to obtaining regulatory approval for DCCR and an outline of the necessary steps to obtain regulatory approval. The remarks have been published as an open letter to the PWS community, which can be accessed here: https://investors.soleno.life/events-and-presentations/event-calendar. In addition, Dr. Bhatnagar referenced the work completed by the Foundation for Prader-Willi Research and Prader-Willi Syndrome Association | USA in collecting the experiences of patients and caregivers during the completed DESTINY PWS Phase III clinical trial and in the ongoing C602 open-label study. This information was compiled by these organizations and sent together with a letter to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on DCCR. Further information can be found by visiting their respective websites: www.fpwr.org and www.pwsusa.org. About PWSThe Prader-Willi Syndrome Association USA estimates that PWS occurs in one in every 15,000 live births in the U.S. The hallmark symptom of this disorder is hyperphagia, a chronic feeling of insatiable hunger that severely diminishes the quality of life for PWS patients and their families. Additional characteristics of PWS include behavioral problems, cognitive disabilities, low muscle tone, short stature (when not treated with growth hormone), the accumulation of excess body fat, developmental delays, and incomplete sexual development. Hyperphagia can lead to significant morbidities (e.g., obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease) and mortality (e.g., stomach rupture, choking, accidental death due to food seeking behavior). In a global survey conducted by the Foundation for Prader-Willi Research, 96.5% of respondents (parent and caregivers) rated hyperphagia as the ...