FORT LEE, N.J., Dec. 18, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Immune Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (OTCQB: IMNP) (“Immune” or “the Company”), a biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapeutic agents for the treatment of immunologic and inflammatory diseases, today announced that it has engaged Extera Partners to lead the Company’s ongoing effort to secure a partnership for bertilimumab, a phase 2, first-in-class, fully human anti-eotaxin-1 monoclonal antibody.
Tony Fiorino, MD, PhD, Immune’s interim Chief Executive Officer, stated, “The Extera team has broad transactional experience in the orphan disease space and a global network of business development executives and decision-makers at biopharmaceutical companies, so they are very well positioned to drive an efficient and rapid process. We expect that the receipt of the second tranche of our October financing will provide the runway to get to a bertilimumab transaction.”
About Immune Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Immune Pharmaceuticals Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapeutic agents for the treatment of immunologic and inflammatory diseases. Immune's lead program, bertilimumab, is a first-in-class, human monoclonal antibody that targets eotaxin-1, a chemokine that plays a role in immune responses and attracts eosinophils to the site of inflammation. By blocking eotaxin-1, bertilimumab may prevent the migration and activation of eosinophils and other cells, thus blocking an important inflammatory pathway active in a variety of allergic and immune diseases. Bertilimumab has shown promising clinical activity in bullous pemphigoid and has been studied in other conditions including allergic rhinitis and ulcerative colitis, and may have application in other diseases, including atopic dermatitis, asthma, and other diseases. Immune is also developing NanoCyclo, a nano-encapsulated formulation of cyclosporin, which is in late stage preclinical development for atopic dermatitis and psoriasis. For more information, please visit www.immunepharma.com and connect with the Company on Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook.
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