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Pliant Therapeutics, Inc. Description
Pliant Therapeutics is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing novel therapies for the treatment of fibrosis. Pliant's lead product candidate, PLN-74809, is an oral small-molecule dual selective inhibitor of avß6 and avß1 integrins that it is developing for the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, or IPF, and primary sclerosing cholangitis, or PSC. PLN-74809 has received Orphan Drug Designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for both IPF and PSC. Pliant is currently recruiting two Phase 2a trials of PLN-74809 for the treatment of IPF and plans to initiate a Phase 2a trial in PSC in the second half of 2020. Pliant's second product candidate, PLN-1474, is a small-molecule selective inhibitor of avß1 for the treatment of liver fibrosis associated with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, or NASH, which Pliant has partnered with Novartis. PLN-1474 is currently undergoing a Phase 1 trial. In addition to clinical stage programs, Pliant currently has two preclinical programs targeting oncology and muscular dystrophies.
Industry: Biotechnology
Keywords: Medicine Alcohol Hepatitis Steatohepatitis Orphan Drug Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Hepatology Pulmonary Fibrosis Fibrosis Drug Design Liver Fibrosis Treatment Of Fibrosis Treatment Of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis Integrin Muscular Dystrophies
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