PARIS, March 22, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BIOPHYTIS (Alternext Paris:ALBPS), a biotechnology company specializing in the development of drug candidates to treat diseases of aging, announced it will present the full results of the safety, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of Sarconeos (BIO101), the Company’s lead drug candidate for the treatment of sarcopenia, in healthy elderly volunteers in the SARA-PK clinical study, as well as three other scientific studies, at the7th International Conference on Frailty & Sarcopenia Research, held April 27-29th 2017 in Barcelona, Spain.
Stanislas Veillet CEO BIOPHYTIS, said: “We are proud to present the full results of the SARA-PK clinical study at the leading international conference, confirming the potential of Sarconeos in the treatment of sarcopenia. Several other studies have been selected, demonstrating the energy and originality of our scientific and medical teams, among the most active in the industry, which today are focused on the launch of the SARA-OBS/INT international clinical study.”
Oral presentation - April 28th:
SARA-PK: A single and multiple ascending oral doses study to assess the safety and evaluate the pharmacokinetics of BIO101 in healthy young and older volunteers. Wally Dioh1, Susanna Del Signore1, Philippe Dupont1, Pierre Dilda1, René Lafont1,2, Stanislas Veillet1 (2017). 1BIOPHYTIS, Paris, France, 2Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 6, CNRS - Laboratoire BIOSIPE, Paris France The complete results of the SARA-PK clinical study will be presented, confirming the good safety and pharmacokinetics profile of Sarconeos (BIO101) in healthy elderly volunteers.
Posters:
Title:
BIO103, a second-generation compound for the treatment of sarcopenia. From anabolic properties to the reversion of aging-related functional loss.
Authors:
Pierre Dilda1, Anne-Sophie Foucault1, Sophie Raynal1, Christel Carbonne2, Jean-Denis Durand2, Stanislas Veillet1, Waly Dioh1, René Lafont3 (2017).
1BIOPHYTIS, Paris, France, 2Metabrain Research, Chilly-Mazarin, France, 3Sorbonne Universités, Laboratoire BIOSIPE, Paris, France
The effects of BIO103, the second-generation drug candidate in pre-clinical development in sarcopenic mice are presented. BIO103 efficiently compensates the effect of aging on mobility, confirming its potential in the treatment of Sarcopenia and other muscular dystrophies.
Title:
Loss of muscular function as a result of aging, obesity and immobilization: a mouse model for pharmacological intervention.
Authors:
Anne-Sophie Foucault1, Pierre Dilda1, Stanislas Veillet1, Waly Dioh1, Arnaud Ferry2, René Lafont. (2017).
1BIOPHYTIS, Paris, France, 2 Sorbonne Universités, UPMC, Inserm, CNRS – Institut de Myologie, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
A new sarcopenic animal model is being presented, allowing the evaluation of the effect of drugs such as Sarconeos (BIO101) and BIO103 on muscle quality and mobility over the course of aging.
Title:
Patient Reported Outcomes (ePROs) – SarQoL, SF-36 and TSD-OC - in ageing related Sarcopenia. SARA-OBS, a six-month observational clinical trial.
Authors:
Susanna Del Signore1, Waly Dioh1, Gianluca Zia2, Stefania Del Signore2, Stanislas Veillet1. (2017).
1BIOPHYTIS, Paris, France, 2Bluecompanion ltd, London, United Kingdom.
A model of an electronic observation notebook (or Electronic Patient Reported Outcomes i.e. ePROs) developed for SARA clinical studies is being presented. The data gathered is automatically stored in SARA-DATA, the database built for automatically storing and following in real-time SARA clinical data.
About SARCONEOS (BIO101) Sarconeos is a first in class drug candidate based on the activation of the MAS receptor (major player of the renin-angiotensin system) restoring muscular anabolism, inhibiting myostatin, and that has demonstrated meaningful activity in animal models of muscular dystrophies. Sarconeos is developed in the treatment of sarcopenia, an age-related degeneration of skeletal muscle, leading to loss of mobility in elderly people. This condition, for which no medical treatment currently exists, was first described in 1993 and has entered the International Classification of Diseases (M62.84) in 2016. It affects more than 50 million people worldwide.
About BIOPHYTIS: BIOPHYTIS SA (www.biophytis.com), founded in 2006, develops drug candidates targeting diseases of aging. Using its technology and know-how, BIOPHYTIS has begun clinical development of innovative therapeutics to restore the muscular and visual functions in diseases with significant unmet medical need. Specifically, the company is advancing two lead products into mid-stage clinical testing next year: Sarconeos (BIO101) to treat sarcopenic obesity and Macuneos (BIO201) to treat dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The company was founded in partnership with researchers at the UPMC (Pierre and Marie Curie University) and also collaborates with scientists at the Institute of Myology, and the Vision Institute
BIOPHYTIS is listed on the Alternext market of Euronext Paris (ALBPS; ISIN: FR0012816825).
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