Proteostasis Therapeutics, Inc. announced that the Company’s cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator modulators will be highlighted in five presentations at the North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference from October 31 – November 2, 2019 at the Nashville Music City Center in Nashville, Tennessee.
BOSTON, Oct. 24, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Proteostasis Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:PTI), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the discovery and development of groundbreaking therapies to treat cystic fibrosis (CF) and other diseases caused by dysfunctional protein processing, today announced that the Company’s cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) modulators will be highlighted in five presentations at the North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference (NACFC) from October 31 – November 2, 2019 at the Nashville Music City Center in Nashville, Tennessee.
Details for the presentations are as follows:
| Title: | Initial Results Evaluating the First in Class CFTR Amplifier, PTI-428, in Subjects with CF on |
| Background Treatment with Tezacaftor/Ivacaftor | |
| Presenter: | Jennifer L. Taylor-Cousar, M.D., M.S.C.S., Associate Professor of Medicine |
| and Pediatrics, and Co-Director and CF Therapeutics Development Network Director of the Adult CF | |
| Program at National Jewish Health | |
| Session Type: | Poster Presentation |
| Abstract No: | 470 |
| Date and time: | Thursday, October 31, 2019 from 11:15 a.m.-1:45 p.m. CDT |
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Title: | Novel Amplifier-Enhanced High-Throughput Screen for G542X-CFTR PTC Suppression |
| Identifies Translational Read-Through Modulators with Different Profiles | |
| Presenter: | Danijela Dukovski, Senior Scientist and Project Lead, Proteostasis Therapeutics |
| Session Type: | Poster Presentation |
| Abstract No: | 518 |
| Date and time: | Thursday, October 31, 2019 from 11:15 a.m.-1:45 p.m. CDT |
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Title: | Evaluation of Novel CFTR Modulator Combinations of the Corrector PTI-801, Potentiator |
| PTI-808, and Amplifier PTI-428 in CF Subjects | |
| Presenter: | Patrick Flume, M.D., Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, Medical University of South |
| Carolina | |
| Session Type: | Poster Presentation |
| Abstract No: | 511 |
| Date and time: | Thursday, October 31, 2019 from 11:15 a.m.-1:45 p.m. CDT |
| and | |
| Session Type: | Oral Presentation |
| Session Title: | New & Emerging Therapies to Correct the Basic Defect |
| Date and time: | Friday, November 1, 2019 from 2:15-3:35 p.m. CDT |
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Title: | Current Status of the Proteostasis Therapeutics CFTR Modulator Development Program |
| Presenter: | Patrick Flume, M.D., Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, Medical University of South |
| Carolina | |
| Session Type: | Symposium Presentation |
| Session Title: | CFTR Modulators: Current Progress & Future Challenges |
| Date and time: | Friday, November 1, 2019 from 10:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m. CDT |
For more information on this meeting, visit: https://www.nacfconference.org/Home/
About Proteostasis Therapeutics, Inc.
Proteostasis Therapeutics, Inc. is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing small molecule therapeutics to treat cystic fibrosis and other diseases caused by dysfunctional protein processing. Headquartered in Boston, MA, the Proteostasis Therapeutics team focuses on identifying therapies that restore protein function. For more information, visit www.proteostasis.com.
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CONTACTS:
Investors:
David Pitts / Claudia Styslinger
Argot Partners
212.600.1902
david@argotpartners.com / claudia@argotpartners.com
Media:
David Rosen
Argot Partners
212.600.1902
david.rosen@argotpartners.com
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Company Codes: NASDAQ-NMS:PTI
