Kythera Biopharmaceuticals Announces Results From Open-Label Study for ATX-101

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--KYTHERA Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: KYTH) today announced interim study results from Study ATX-101-11-26, a multicenter, open-label, long-term study to evaluate the safety of ATX-101, a facial injectable drug for the reduction of submental fat (SMF), which commonly presents as an unwanted double chin. “We are pleased that the open-label study results further support the safety profile of ATX-101 for the reduction of submental fat and are consistent with our previous Phase II and the European Phase III trials,” said Patricia S. Walker, M.D., Ph.D., KYTHERA’s Chief Medical Officer. “These findings add to our robust clinical database of over 1,500 subjects treated with ATX-101 in our clinical development program for the reduction of submental fat.”