Favorable safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetic results from the trial warrant further investigation, and the company will actively pursue the advancement of INV-202 into later-stage clinical trials.
With encouraging Phase 1 results and supportive preclinical package, Inversago is looking forward to launching Phase 2 clinical development for INV-202.
The CB1 receptor biology and its therapeutic profile are well documented, both clinically and pre-clinically.
In the early 2000s, several major pharmaceutical companies invested massively in this biology, demonstrating the prolific therapeutic benefits a CB1 blockade could provide to patients afflicted with the metabolic syndrome and its complications.
Peripherally-acting CB1 blockers, such as Inversago's first-in-class INV-202, have the potential to provide the same clinical benefits without the previous class-associated psychiatric effects linked to brain target engagement.
Development of a safe and potent peripheral CB1 blockade represents an opportunity to address a significant number of unmet medical needs affecting a growing number of patients globally.
Located in Montreal, Inversago Pharma is a privately-owned Canadian biotech company at clinical stage, specialized in the development of new therapies focusing on CB1 blockade, based on first-in-class, peripherally-acting CB1 inverse agonists.
Inversago aims to provide new treatment options that improve the lives of patients affected by metabolic conditions such as Diabetic Nephropathy, Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis, complications from obesity, Hypertriglyceridemia, Type 1 Diabetes and Prader-Willi Syndrome, as well as fibrotic indications like Progressive Fibrosis Interstitial Lung Disease (PF-ILD), including Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis.
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