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Aligos Therapeutics Announces Pipeline Update and Upcoming Presentations at the European Association for the Study of the Liver's Digital International Liver Congress 2021-Five scientific posters to be presented at upcoming EASL ILC meeting SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., June 14, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Aligos Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALGS), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing novel therapeutics to address unmet medical needs in viral and liver diseases, today announced that the company will present five abstracts highlighting data from the company’s chronic hepatitis B (CHB) therapeutic programs. The presentations will take place at the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL) Digital International Liver Congress™ 2021 (ILC 2021), which is being held virtually on June 23-26, 2021. Important information for these posters can be found below. Additionally, the company today announced a CHB portfolio update to highlight the progress made with the four development programs. Aligos reported that both its capsid assembly modulator (CAM) drug candidate and the S-antigen Transport-inhibiting Oligonucleotide Polymers (STOPS™) molecule drug candidate have now completed Phase 1a studies in healthy volunteers and are currently being evaluated in CHB patients in Phase 1b studies. We expect to present preliminary data from these Phase 1b studies in H2 2021. Once Phase 1b studies are completed, we plan to advance these drug candidates into Phase 2 studies in H2 2022 to identify combination regimens that could potentially result in enhanced rates of functional cure. Following closely behind the STOPS and CAM programs, Aligos’ antisense oligonucleotide (ASO) and small interfering RNA (siRNA) drug candidates continue to advance through nonclinical development and are on track to start Phase 1 trials in H2 2021, and H1 2022, respectively. For additional details, see the Chronic Hepatitis B Portfolio Summary below. ------------------------------------------ S-antigen Transport-inhibiting Oligonucleotide Polymers (STOPS™) Poster number: 1004 Capsid Assembly Modulators (CAMs) Small Interfering Ribonucleic Acids (siRNA) Combination of Small Interfering RNA (siRNA) and Antisense Oligonucleotides (ASO) These posters will be available on demand to conference attendees throughout the conference. They will also be available on the “Scientific Presentation and Publications” page in the “Presentations” section of Aligos’ website at www.aligos.com shortly after they are presented at the conference. ------------------------------------------ Chronic Hepatitis B Portfolio Summary ALG-020572 (ASO) ALG-125755 (siRNA) About Aligos Forward-Looking Statement This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Any statements in this press release that are not historical facts may be considered “forward-looking statements,” including but not limited to statements regarding our expectation to present preliminary data from the Phase 1b studies of our CAM drug candidate and the STOPS™ molecule drug candidate in H2 2021; our plan, once Phase 1b studies are completed, to advance these drug candidates into Phase 2 studies in H2 2022; our ASO and siRNA drug candidates being on track to start Phase 1 trials in the second half of 2021, and the first half of 2022, respectively; our planned presentation of data from patient cohorts for each of the CAM and STOPS drug candidate at an upcoming medical conference in late 2021; our plans to advance ALG-020572 into clinical studies in the second half of 2021; and our plans to advance ALG-125755 into the clinic in the first half of 2022. Forward-looking statements are typically, but not always, identified by the use of words such as “may,” “will,” “would,” “believe,” “intend,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “expect,” and other similar terminology indicating future results. Such forward-looking statements are subject to substantial risks and uncertainties that could cause our development programs, future results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include without limitation risks and uncertainties inherent in the drug development process, including Aligos’s clinical-stage of development, the process of designing and conducting clinical trials, the regulatory approval processes, the timing of regulatory filings, the challenges associated with manufacturing drug products, Aligos’s ability to successfully establish, protect and defend its intellectual property, other matters that could affect the sufficiency of Aligos’s capital resources to fund operations, reliance on third parties for manufacturing and development efforts, changes in the competitive landscape and the effects on our business of the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic. For a further description of the risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements, as well as risks relating to the business of Aligos in general, see Aligos’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 10, 2021, as well as other documents Aligos files from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Except as required by law, Aligos undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect new information, events or circumstances, or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. Media Contact Investor Contact |