FBIO - Avenue Therapeutics to Host Virtual Key Opinion Leader (KOL) Event on April 4 2024 | Benzinga
MIAMI, March 25, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Avenue Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:ATXI) ("Avenue" or the "Company"), a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of therapies for the treatment of neurologic diseases, today announced that it will host a virtual key opinion leader ("KOL") event highlighting expert perspectives on spinal bulbar muscular atrophy ("SBMA"), also known as Kennedy's Disease, on Thursday, April 4, 2024 at 11:00am ET.
The virtual event will focus on the potential of AJ201 in SBMA, including KOL perspectives on the SBMA treatment landscape, an overview of the Phase 1b/2a study evaluating AJ201 for the treatment of SBMA and outcome considerations for the upcoming topline data read-out for the Phase 1b/2a trial expected in the second quarter of 2024. The event will be moderated by Alexandra MacLean, M.D., Chief Executive Officer of Avenue Therapeutics, and will feature presentations from the following experts:
- Christopher Grunseich, M.D., Lasker Clinical Research Scholar and Investigator and Head of the Inherited Neuromuscular Diseases Unit at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
- Tahseen Mozaffar, M.D., Professor of Neurology, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Director of the Division of Neuromuscular Diseases and Director of the ALS and Neuromuscular Center at the University of California, Irvine.
To access the conference call, please register using the audio conference link here. A webcast replay of the event will be available on the Events page of Avenue's website at https://avenuetx.com/.
About Spinal and Bulbar Muscular Atrophy
Spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy ("SBMA") is a rare, X-linked genetic neuromuscular disease primarily affecting men. The condition is caused by the trinucleotide CAG repeat expansion in the androgen receptor ("AR") which leads to production of a mutant polyglutamine ("polyQ") AR protein that forms aggregates responsible for muscular atrophy focused in the limbs and bulbar region of the body. The weakening of the bulbar muscles affects chewing, speech and swallowing, with patients prone to choking or inhaling foods or liquids, resulting in airway infection. SBMA also affects muscles in the limbs, leading to difficulty walking and injury caused by falling. Although there is a range of cited prevalence rates in scientific literature, a recent study used genetic analysis to estimate disease prevalence of 1:6,887 ...