Blade Therapeutics to Participate in “Drug Development in Pulmonary Medicine” Panel Discussion at 2022 BTIG Biotechnology Conference

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Blade Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing cutting-edge treatments for debilitating fibrotic and neurodegenerative diseases, today announced that Wendye Robbins, M.D., president and CEO, will participate in the “Drug Development in Pulmonary Medicine: Emerging Trends and a Review of the Unmet Need” panel discussion on Tuesday, August 9, 2022, 1:00 pm (ET), during the 2022 BTIG Biotechnology Conference, August 8 – 9, in New York City. Blade’s lead investigational medicine is cudetaxestat, a non-competitive autotaxin inhibitor with direct anti-fibrotic activity and differentiating characteristics that is expected to enter a planned phase 2 clinical trial in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

This conference is being hosted by BTIG, a global financial services firm specializing in institutional trading, investment banking, research, and related brokerage services. BTIG’s Corporate Access program hosts client events across the consumer, digital assets, energy and infrastructure, financials, healthcare, real estate, and technology sectors. To join the conference, email [e-mail].

About Blade Therapeutics
Blade Therapeutics, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing cutting-edge treatments for debilitating, incurable fibrotic and neurodegenerative diseases. The company has deep expertise in novel biological pathways – including autotaxin / LPA and calpain biology – that are foundational to cell- and tissue-damage responses associated with fibrosis and neurodegeneration. Blade’s focused approach offers the potential to produce disease-modifying, life-saving therapies. Blade expects to advance a differentiated pipeline of oral, small-molecule therapies that include a non-competitive autotaxin inhibitor and an inhibitor of dimeric calpains. Visit www.blademed.com for more information and follow Blade on LinkedIn.