Disc Medicine Presents Positive Clinical Data Across Portfolio at the European Hematology Association (EHA) 2024 Congress
WATERTOWN, Mass., June 14, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Disc Medicine, Inc. (NASDAQ:IRON), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development, and commercialization of novel treatments for patients suffering from serious hematologic diseases, today announced positive additional data for bitopertin in erythropoietic protoporphyria (EPP), including additional analyses of AURORA data that further demonstrated the clinical activity of bitopertin and highlighted meaningful improvements in light tolerance, phototoxic reactions, and quality of life. Additionally, Disc shared updated data from a Phase 1b trial of DISC-0974 in MF anemia which demonstrated durable increases in hemoglobin and reduced transfusion burden in a majority of evaluable patients. Disc also shared initial SAD data from a Phase 1 healthy volunteer trial of DISC-3405 that provided proof of mechanism, showing that the drug has the potential to provide deep and sustained increases in hepcidin and reductions in iron. The data were presented at the European Hematology Association (EHA) 2024 Congress.