CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ensemble Therapeutics, a biotechnology company developing EnsemblinsTM, a novel class of small molecule therapeutics with the power of biologics, announced today positive preclinical oral efficacy data with its first-in-class small molecule Interleukin-17 (IL-17) antagonists. A presentation at the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) 2012 Annual Meeting, taking place November 9-14, 2012 in Washington, DC, revealed that the company’s Ensemblins have strong oral activity as antagonists of IL-17, a pro-inflammatory cytokine implicated in multiple inflammatory and autoimmune diseases such as psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn’s disease and inflammatory bowel disease.
