aTyr Pharma (NASDAQ: LIFE) reported Q2 EPS of ($0.64), $0.13 worse than the analyst estimate of ($0.51).

Cash, cash equivalents and investments as of June 30, 2021 were $44.1 million.

“We recently completed the last subject visit in our Phase 1b/2a proof-of-concept study of our lead therapeutic candidate, ATYR1923, in pulmonary sarcoidosis, our initial interstitial lung disease (ILD) indication. We expect to report results from this important study in mid-September 2021,” said Sanjay S. Shukla, M.D., M.S., President and Chief Executive Officer of aTyr. “This is a significant milestone for aTyr and the sarcoidosis community, and the upcoming readout represents a key inflection point for our ATYR1923 clinical program and tRNA synthetase biology platform.”

“The clinical proof-of-mechanism for ATYR1923 established in our Phase 2 study in COVID-19 patients and the favorable clinical safety profile demonstrated to date, along with the pre-clinical efficacy observed in multiple translational ILD models, support the potential for ATYR1923 as a new therapeutic approach for patients with pulmonary sarcoidosis and possibly other forms of ILD. We believe ATYR1923 could potentially offer an alternative to current treatments such as steroids with improved efficacy and fewer side effects.”

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