Pliant Therapeutics, Inc.

21 articles with Pliant Therapeutics, Inc.

• Pliant Therapeutics Reports Positive Results of Phase 1 Clinical Study Support Advancement of PLN-74809 for Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

  4/9/2019

  Preclinical Studies Demonstrating Anti-fibrotic Effect of Integrin Inhibitor to be Presented at American Thoracic Society International Conference

• Pliant Therapeutics Presents Data in Human NASH Liver Tissue at The International Liver Congress 2019 Hosted by the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL)

  3/28/2019

  Pliant Therapeutics, Inc. announced the presentation of in vivo data highlighting product candidate PLN-1474 for fibrotic liver diseases in an oral presentation at The International Liver Congress™ 2019 hosted by the European Association for the Study of the Liver.

• Pliant Therapeutics Appoints Smital Shah to its Board of Directors

  3/14/2019

   Pliant Therapeutics, Inc., a biotechnology company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing treatments for fibrotic diseases, today announced the appointment of Smital Shah to its board of directors as an independent director.

• Pliant Therapeutics to Present at Upcoming Investor Conferences

  2/13/2019

  Pliant Therapeutics, Inc. announced that Bernard Coulie, M.D., Ph.D., president and chief executive officer, will present an update on the company and its programs at two upcoming healthcare investor conferences.

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  BioSpace Movers and Shakers: Jan. 4

  1/4/2019

  Biopharma companies begin 2019 with a flurry of hiring to fill executive leadership spots, including Dermavant, UroGen, Melinta, Translate Bio, and more.

• Pliant Therapeutics Appoints Keith Cummings as Chief Financial Officer and Eduard Gorina as Vice President, Clinical Development

  1/3/2019

  Pliant Therapeutics, Inc., a biotechnology company unraveling and targeting the key biological pathways driving fibrosis, today announced that Keith Cummings, M.D., MBA, has joined the company as chief financial officer and Eduard Gorina, M.D., has joined as vice president, clinical development.

• Pliant Therapeutics Initiates Phase 1 Clinical Study of PLN-74809

  1/3/2019

  Pliant Therapeutics, Inc., a biotechnology company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing treatments for fibrotic diseases, today announced that it has dosed the first cohort of subjects in a Phase 1 clinical study evaluating the safety, tolerability, pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics of anti-fibrotic agent PLN-74809.

• Pliant Therapeutics to Present at 37th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference

  12/27/2018

  Pliant Therapeutics, Inc. today announced that Bernard Coulie, M.D., Ph.D., president and chief executive officer, will present at the 37th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference. Dr. Coulie's presentation will take place at 9:00 a.m. PST on Wednesday, January 9, 2019, at the Westin St. Francis in San Francisco, Calif.

• Pliant Therapeutics Receives FDA Orphan Drug Designation for Lead Program PLN-74809 in Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis

  11/20/2018

  Dr. Bertus Eksteen Joins Scientific Advisory Board

• Pliant Therapeutics Presents Preclinical Data in NASH and PSC at The Liver Meeting 2018

  11/9/2018

  Pliant Therapeutics, Inc, today announced company scientists and research collaborators will present in vivo data highlighting Pliant's clinical product candidates in two posters at The Liver Meeting® 2018

• Pliant Therapeutics Announces Research Collaboration with Cleveland Clinic to Develop New Disease Targets for Gastrointestinal Fibrosis

  9/6/2018

  Pliant Therapeutics, Inc. today announced that they have entered into a multi-year joint research collaboration with Cleveland Clinic to accelerate the discovery of potential disease targets for gastrointestinal fibrosis.

• Pliant Therapeutics Receives FDA Orphan Drug Designation for Lead Program PLN-74809 in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

  8/6/2018

  Pliant Therapeutics, Inc., a biotechnology company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing treatments for fibrotic diseases, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted orphan drug designation for the company's anti-fibrotic lead compound, PLN-74809, for the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF).

• Pliant Therapeutics Raises $62 Million in Series B Financing to Advance Therapies for Fibrotic Diseases

  7/16/2018

  Pliant Therapeutics, Inc. announced that it has raised $62 million in a Series B financing.

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  Pliant Therapeutics Snags $62 Million

  7/16/2018

  Two months after unveiling a new approach to identify novel biomarkers for the detection and treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, South San Francisco-based Pliant Therapeutics secured $62 million in a Series B financing round to support its research programs.

• Pliant Therapeutics Presents Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Biomarker Discovery Research at American Thoracic Society 2018 International Conference

  5/22/2018

  Pliant Therapeutics, Inc. today presents at the American Thoracic Society 2018 International Conference a new approach to identify novel biomarkers to improve diagnosis, selection and assessment of treatments for Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF)

• Pliant Appoints Katerina Leftheris, Ph.D., As Vice President Of Chemistry And John Curnutte, M.D., Ph.D. To The Board Of Directors

  9/26/2017

• What You Need to Know About Pliant

  1/24/2017

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  The Next Generation: Top 20 Life Science Startups to Watch in 2017

  1/9/2017

  BioSpace is proud to present its NextGen “Class of 2017,” which is a list of 20 up-and-coming life science companies that launched no earlier than 2014.

• Pliant Appoints Leading Academic Researcher And Industry Veteran Rik Derynck, Ph.D. As Scientific Founder

  1/5/2017

• Pliant Expands Leadership Team

  4/28/2016