Ultragenyx Pharmaceuticals Announces In-Licensing of Clinical-Stage Product Triheptanoin for Treatment of Long-Chain Fatty Acid Oxidation Disorders

NOVATO, Calif., Jan. 10, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc., a biotechnology company focused on the development of treatments for rare and ultra-rare genetic disorders, announced that it has in-licensed rights for triheptanoin, a promising treatment for long-chain fatty acid oxidation disorders (FAOD), from Baylor Research Institute in Dallas, TX. Triheptanoin is intended as a substrate replacement therapy to restore deficient intermediates in the mitochondria and to enable energy metabolism in patients with FAOD and potentially other genetic metabolic disorders.