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PhaseRx (PZRX) Reports Positive Results from Single Escalating Dose Response Study in non-Human Primates

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PhaseRx Announces Positive Safety Results from Large Animal Study with Hybrid mRNA Delivery Technology

November 8, 2016 8:30 AM EST

SEATTLE, Nov. 8, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- PhaseRx, Inc. (NASDAQ: PZRX), a biopharmaceutical company developing treatments for life-threatening inherited liver diseases in children, today announced positive results from the company's single escalating dose response study in non-human primates. The administration of mRNA delivered using the company's proprietary Hybrid mRNA TechnologyTM platform in a large animal model was safe and well tolerated at all dose levels tested an important step prior to advancing its lead mRNA drug candidate towards clinical development. The company has previously shown therapeutic effect in its lead program, PRX-OTC, in the preclinical model of... More