CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Synlogic, Inc., (Nasdaq: SYBX) a clinical-stage drug discovery and development company applying synthetic biology to probiotics to develop novel living medicines, today announced that data from its program to develop solid oral formulations of its Synthetic BioticTM medicines will be presented at the upcoming 22nd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy, which is being held from April 29 to May 2, 2019, in Washington, DC. The presentation will focus on preparation and characteristics of a solid oral preparation of SYNB1618, Synlogic’s synthetic biotic medicine for the treatment of phenylketonuria (PKU).
Details of the presentation are as follows:
Development and Preclinical Characterization of a Solid Oral
Formulation of a Synthetic Biotic Medicine for the Treatment of PKU
Abstract
number: 616
Session Date and Time: Tuesday Apr 30, 2019 5:00 PM -
6:00 PM ET
Session title: Cell Therapies II
Room: Columbia Hall
Abstracts
can be found at ASGCT2019
About Synlogic
Synlogic is pioneering the development of a
novel class of living medicines, Synthetic Biotic medicines, based on
its proprietary drug development platform. Synlogic leverages the tools
and principles of synthetic biology to genetically engineer beneficial
microbes to perform or deliver critical functions missing or damaged due
to disease. Synthetic Biotic medicines are designed to act locally and
have a systemic effect to address disease in patients. Synlogic’s two
lead programs, SYNB1020 and SYNB1618, are orally administered and target
hyperammonemia as a result of liver damage or genetic disease, and
phenylketonuria, respectively. Synlogic is also developing SYNB1891 as
an intratumorally-administered Synthetic Biotic medicine for the
treatment of cancer. In addition, the company is leveraging the broad
potential of its platform to create additional Synthetic Biotic
medicines for the treatment of liver disease, as well as inflammatory
and immune disorders including Synlogic’s collaboration with AbbVie to
develop Synthetic Biotic-based treatments for inflammatory bowel disease
(IBD). For more information, please visit www.synlogictx.com.
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taking to discover and develop novel therapeutics using synthetic
biology; the potential of Synlogic’s technology to treat hyperammonemia,
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