CER-001: Analysis of clinical results to be presented at the American Heart Association Scientific Congress, on November 9, 2015 in Orlando, UNITED-STATES
Toulouse, FRANCE, Ann Arbor, UNITED STATES, November 3, 2015 – Cerenis Therapeutics (FR0012616852 – CEREN – Eligible PEA-PME), an international biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the discovery and development of innovative HDL therapies (“good cholesterol”) for treating cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, announces its upcoming attendance to the l’American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Congress, one of the most important international events dedicated to cardiovascular diseases and strokes, on November 9, 2015 at the Orange County Convention Center of Orlando in Florida.
A reference non-profit organization renowned in both the US and the world, AHA is unanimously recognized for its contribution to the research in the fields of cardiovascular diseases through the set up of dedicated funding and public education programs for a healthier life.
About Cerenis Therapeutics: www.cerenis.com
Cerenis Therapeutics is an international biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the discovery and development of innovative HDL therapies for the treatment of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases. HDL is the primary mediator of the reverse lipid transport, or RLT, the only natural pathway by which excess cholesterol is removed from arteries and is transported to the liver for elimination from the body. Cerenis is developing a portfolio of HDL therapies, including HDL-mimetics for the rapid regression of atherosclerotic plaque in high-risk patients such as post-ACS patients and patients with HDL deficiency, and drugs which increase HDL for patients with low number of HDL particles to treat atherosclerosis and associated metabolic diseases. Cerenis is well positioned to become one of the leaders in the HDL therapeutic market, with a broad portfolio of programs being developed. Since its inception in 2005, the company has been funded by top tier investors: Sofinnova Partners, HealthCap, Alta Partners, EDF Ventures, Daiwa Corporate Investment, TVM Capital, Orbimed, IRDI/IXO Private Equity and Bpifrance (Fund for Strategic Investment) and last March successfully completed an IPO on Euronext raising €53.4m.
About CER-001:
CER-001 is an engineered complex of recombinant human apoA-I, the major structural protein of HDL, and phospholipids. It has been designed to mimic the structure and functions of natural, nascent HDL, also known as pre-beta HDL. Its mechanism of action is to increase apoA-I and the number of HDL particles transiently, to stimulate the removal of excess cholesterol and other lipids from tissues including the arterial wall and to transport them to the liver for elimination through a process called Reverse Lipid Transport. Phase II studies have provided important data demonstrating the efficacy of CER-001 in regressing atherosclerosis in several distinct vascular beds in patients representing the entire spectrum of cholesterol homeostasis. The totality of the data to date indicates that CER-001 performs all of the functions of natural pre-beta HDL particles and has the potential to be the best-in-class HDL mimetic on the market.
Contacts:
Cerenis Jean-Louis Dasseux CEO info@cerenis.com Tel: +33 (0)5 62 24 09 49
NewCap Investors relations Emmanuel Huynh / Louis-Victor Delouvrier cerenis@newcap.eu Tel: +33 (0)1 44 71 98 53
NewCap Media relations Nicolas Merigeau cerenis@newcap.eu Tel: +33 (0)1 44 71 94 98
Source: Cerenis
