Palisade Bio Presents Development Overview Of PALI-2108 At The IBD Innovate: Product Development For Crohn's & Colitis April 9-10, 2024 In Cambridge, MA

Author: Benzinga Newsdesk | April 10, 2024 08:16am

– PALI-2108 in development for the treatment of moderate-to-severe ulcerative colitis (UC) advancing towards Phase 1 clinical study before year end

Carlsbad, CA, April 10, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Palisade Bio, Inc. (NASDAQ:PALI) ("Palisade", "Palisade Bio" or the "Company"), a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and advancing novel therapeutics for patients living with autoimmune, inflammatory, and fibrotic diseases, today announced that it presented at IBD Innovate: Product Development for Crohn's & Colitis™ held April 9-10, 2024 in Cambridge, MA.



As part of the conference, Christophe Mellon, Chief Executive Officer of Giiant Pharma, Inc., the Company's research partner, and Dr. Mitch Jones, Chief Medical Officer of Palisade Bio gave an oral presentation titled, "Advancing PALI-2108: Discovery to Strategy Positioning," which discussed the development of PALI-2108, its differentiation and positioning in the competitive landscape as well as a clinical pathway towards late-stage development. The presentation is accessible on the Publications page under the Science section of Palisade Bio's website, www.palisadebio.com.



"We were pleased to participate with Giiant at the premier IBD conference and provide further information on PALI-2108. We continue to generate a growing body of data from PALI-2108 for the treatment of UC and remain on track to launch our Phase 1 clinical study later this year," commented Dr. Jones.

As previously announced, the development of PALI-2108 is supported by a $500,000 research program funding agreement with Giiant from the US Crohn's and Colitis Foundation, through its IBD Ventures program.

PALI-2108 is an orally administered, locally acting colon-specific phosphodiesterase-4 (PDE4) inhibitor prodrug in development for patients affected by UC.

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