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Third candidate in less than two years to enter the clinic; Mirrors the productivity of the Synthetic Biotic platform
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., July 12 10, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Synlogic, Inc. (Nasdaq: SYBX), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing drugs for metabolic and immunological diseases through its proprietary synthetic biology approach, announced today that it dosed its first healthy volunteer in its Phase 1 study of experimental oral therapy SYNB1353 designed to consume methionine for the potential treatment of homocystinuria (HCU).
“We are excited to continue to advance our program portfolio with today’s announcement, a notable milestone as we continue toward three clinical readouts expected in 2022, and a reflection of the productivity of the Synthetic Biotic platform.” , said Aoife Brennan, MB Ch. B., President and CEO of Synlogic. “Given the particularly great need for new treatment options for people living with HCU, we look forward to sharing data from this study by the end of this year.”
SYNB1353 is a drug candidate designed to provide a safe, orally administered, non-systemically absorbed treatment for consuming methionine to reduce homocysteine levels in patients with UHC, thereby reducing the risk of serious and debilitating complications. UHC is an inherited disease characterized by elevated homocysteine levels and risks such as thromboembolism, lens dislocation, skeletal abnormalities, developmental delay and intellectual disability. Treatment options for UHC are currently limited due to their effectiveness and tolerability. SYNB1353 is a modified strain of the probiotic bacterium E. coli Nissle (EcN) that consumes methionine in the gastrointestinal tract, preventing the absorption of methionine and its conversion to homocysteine in plasma. It is the first drug candidate developed through a research collaboration between Synlogic and Ginkgo and the first investigational drug developed on Ginkgo’s platform to enter the clinic. In 2021, Synlogic shared preclinical data for SYNB1353 that demonstrated the decrease in blood homocysteine levels in non-human primates and mouse models. Synlogic expects to share results from the Phase 1 study of SYNB1353 in healthy volunteers by the end of 2022.
About Synlogic
Synlogic is a clinical-stage biotechnology company that develops drugs through its proprietary approach to synthetic biology. Synlogic’s pipeline includes its lead program in phenylketonuria (PKU), which has demonstrated proof of concept with plans to start a pivotal Phase 3 study in the first half of 2023, and additional new drug candidates designed to treat homocystinuria (HCU) and enteric hyperoxaluria. The rapid advancement of these potential biotherapies, called synthetic biotics, has been made possible by Synlogic’s reproducible, target-specific drug design. Synlogic uses programmable and precise genetic engineering of well-characterized probiotics to exert localized activity for therapeutic purposes, with an emphasis on metabolic and immunological diseases. In addition to its clinical programs, Synlogic has research collaborations with Roche on the discovery of a new synthetic biotic for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease and with Ginkgo Bioworks on additional undisclosed preclinical assets. For more information, visit www.synlogictx.com.
About SYNB1353
SYNB1353 is a novel, orally-administered, non-systemically absorbed drug candidate designed to consume methionine in the gastrointestinal tract, thereby lowering homocysteine levels in patients with homocystinuria (HCU). UHC is an inherited disease characterized by elevated homocysteine levels and risks such as thromboembolism, lens dislocation, skeletal abnormalities, developmental delay and intellectual disability. Treatment options for UHC are currently limited due to their effectiveness and tolerability. Synlogic owns worldwide development and commercialization rights to SYNB1353 and is expected to release Phase 1 data in healthy volunteers in the second half of 2022.
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