LEXINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Aldeyra Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALDX) (Aldeyra) will host the Aldeyra 2024 Research & Development Day with investors and financial analysts in New York City to present recent pipeline developments relating to the RASP modulation platform and ADX-2191 for the treatment of retinitis pigmentosa.

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Aldeyra will present new preclinical data from investigational RASP modulators in animal models for obesity, atopic dermatitis, inflammatory pain, and alcoholic hepatitis. In the diet-induced model of obesity, ADX-629 decreased weight and fat mass alone and in combination with a GLP-1 agonist. In the oxazolone model of atopic dermatitis, RASP modulators ADX-629, ADX-246, and ADX-248 demonstrated activity in reducing skin thickness and erosion, and in reducing spleen to body weight ratio. In the carrageenan model of inflammatory pain, ADX-246 increased tolerance to mechanical and thermal pain, and decreased joint swelling. Consistent with previously released data from ADX-629 in a model of alcoholic hepatitis, ADX-246 reduced levels of fibrosis and fat in liver.

“The new data released today support the expansion of our novel RASP platform into clinical indications that may include fat-mass-targeted weight loss and inflammatory pain, highlighting the breadth of potential product candidate opportunities afforded by modulating RASP levels,” stated Todd C. Brady, M.D., Ph.D., President and CEO of Aldeyra.

Based on recent discussions with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (the FDA), Aldeyra intends to initiate a potentially pivotal Phase 2/3 clinical trial of investigational product candidate ADX-2191 (methotrexate injection, USP) in patients with retinitis pigmentosa due to rhodopsin misfolding mutations. The potential activity of ADX-2191 in retinitis pigmentosa is supported by results from a Phase 2 clinical trial, announced in 2023, which demonstrated improvements from baseline in retinal sensitivity following treatment. An overview of the unmet medical need in retinitis pigmentosa will be provided by Ramiro Maldonado, M.D., Principal Investigator of the Phase 2 clinical trial and Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Vitreoretinal Diseases, and Surgery at Duke University.

“Due to loss of vision and dramatic impact on quality of life, retinitis pigmentosa remains a highly significant unmet medical need in retinal disease,” stated Dr. Maldonado. “Even with the advent of gene therapy, cell therapy, and other new approaches not yet approved by the FDA for treatment, a safe and effective drug that could slow the progression of retinitis pigmentosa is in critical demand.”

Research & Development Day Webcast Information
Aldeyra’s Research & Development Day will take place from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm EDT today, Thursday, April 25, 2024, in New York City. A live audio webcast and slide presentation will be accessible from the “Investors & Media” section of the Aldeyra website at https://ir.aldeyra.com/ for 90 days following the event.

About Aldeyra
Aldeyra Therapeutics is a biotechnology company devoted to discovering innovative therapies designed to treat immune-mediated and metabolic diseases. Our approach is to develop pharmaceuticals that modulate protein systems, instead of directly inhibiting or activating single protein targets, with the goal of optimizing multiple pathways at once while minimizing toxicity. Our product candidates include RASP (reactive aldehyde species) modulators ADX-629, ADX-246, ADX-248, and chemically related molecules for the potential treatment of immune-mediated and metabolic diseases. Our late-stage product candidates are reproxalap, a RASP modulator for the potential treatment of dry eye disease and allergic conjunctivitis, and ADX-2191, a novel formulation of intravitreal methotrexate for the potential treatment of retinitis pigmentosa.

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