Terns Pharmaceuticals Announces Orphan Drug Designation Granted to TERN-701 for the Treatment of Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
FOSTER CITY, Calif., March 11, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Terns Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Terns” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq:TERN), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing a portfolio of small-molecule product candidates to address serious diseases, including oncology and obesity, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted Orphan Drug Designation for TERN-701 for the treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). TERN-701, the Company’s internally discovered allosteric BCR-ABL tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI), is in Phase 1 clinical development with interim data from initial dose escalation cohorts expected in the second half of 2024.