Akari Therapeutics Announces Pre-Clinical Development Progress Toward Potential IND on Long-Acting PAS-Nomacopan for Geographic Atrophy (GA)

NEW YORK and LONDON, Feb. 15, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Akari Therapeutics, Plc (Nasdaq: AKTX), a late-stage biotechnology company developing advanced therapies for autoimmune and inflammatory diseases, today announced updates on progress in the pre-clinical development program for long-acting PAS-nomacopan as a potential treatment for geographic atrophy (GA) secondary to dry age-related macular degeneration (dAMD).

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Akari Therapeutics Announces Positive Results from Recent Pre-Clinical Studies of Investigational PASylated® Nomacopan That Support the Potential to Advance Research Toward IND/IMPD for Clinical Trials in Geographic Atrophy

NEW YORK and LONDON, July 28, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Akari Therapeutics, Plc (Nasdaq: AKTX), a late-stage biotechnology company focused on developing advanced therapies for autoimmune and inflammatory diseases, today announced positive results from recent pre-clinical studies on the tolerability and extended dose interval of long-acting PAS-nomacopan in development for geographic atrophy (GA) in dry age-related macular degeneration (dAMD). The results support the potential for PASylated nomacopan to advance toward the regulatory application(s) that would be required to begin clinical trials.

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Akari Therapeutics Presents New Preclinical Data Highlighting Potential of Long-Acting PASylated Nomacopan to Treat Retinal Diseases, Including Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) and Uveitis

NEW YORK and LONDON, Feb. 25, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Akari Therapeutics, Plc (Nasdaq: AKTX), a late-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on innovative therapeutics to treat orphan autoimmune and inflammatory diseases where complement (C5) and/or leukotriene (LTB4) systems are implicated, announced today the publication of new data in the journal CELLS. The paper, entitled “Immune-Mediated Retinal Vasculitis in Posterior Uveitis and Experimental Models: The Leukotriene (LT)B4-VEGF Axis,” highlights the importance of the LTB4-VEGF axis in the development of sight-threatening retinal inflammation. In a non-infectious allergic uveitis animal model, PAS-nomacopan reduced VEGF by more than 50% compared to saline control, equivalent to the inhibition caused by an anti-VEGF antibody. In addition, PAS-nomacopan was significantly more effective in reducing retinal inflammation than the anti-VEGF antibody.

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