ORYZON to Give Updates on Corporate Progress in October

• Chardan’s 6^th Annual Genetic Medicines Conference

• MSD European Business Development Outreach

• Iberian Digital Forum

• AACR Special Conference: Cancer Epigenomics

• Brain Innovation Days

• HealthTech Innovation Days

• BIO-Europe 2022

• 34^th EORTC-NCI-AACR Symposium

MADRID, Spain and BOSTON, Oct. 03, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ORYZON Genomics, S.A. (ISIN Code: ES0167733015, ORY), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company leveraging epigenetics to develop therapies in diseases with strong unmet medical need, announced today that its management will give an update on corporate progress at several international events in October.

Oryzon will participate at the Chardan’s 6^th Annual Genetic Medicines Conference, which will be held on October 3-4 in New York (USA). The company will hold one-to-one meetings with pharmaceutical companies and global investors. Click on link for more info about the Chardan’s 6^th Annual Genetic Medicines Conference

Oryzon will participate at the MSD European Business Development Outreach, which will be held on October 5 in Zurich (Switzerland). The company will hold one-to-one meetings with pharmaceutical companies and global investors.

Oryzon will participate at the Iberian Digital Forum on October 6-7, where the company will hold one-to-one meetings with national investors.

Oryzon will participate at the AACR Special Conference: Cancer Epigenomics in Washington (USA) on October 6-8, where the company will present a poster communication entitled: “ASCL1 and SOX2 expression levels predict sensitivity to LSD1 inhibition with iadademstat in small cell lung cancer” on October 7 at 18:00 ET. Click on link for more info about the AACR Special Conference: Cancer Epigenomics

Oryzon has been invited to the European Brain Council (EBC)’s annual European congress, Brain Innovation Days, which will be held on October 11-12 in Brussels (Belgium). The company will take part in a panel discussion entitled “Innovative Funding Models”, taking place on October 12 at 14:35 CEST. Click on link for more info about the Brain Innovation Days

Oryzon has been invited to the HealthTech Innovation Days, which will be held on October 13-14 in Paris (France). The company will participate at a round table devoted to age-related diseases on October 13 at 11:00 CEST. Click on link for more info about the HealthTech Innovation Days

Oryzon will attend BIO-Europe 2022, which will be held in Leipzig (Germany) and virtually on October 24-26, where the company will provide a corporate update and will also hold one-to-one meetings with pharmaceutical companies and global investors. Click on link for more info about BIO-Europe 2022

Finally, Oryzon will participate at the 34^th EORTC-NCI-AACR Symposium, which will be held on October 26-28 in Barcelona (Spain). The company will present two poster communications entitled “Iadademstat effects on neuroendocrine, inflamed and mesenchymal gene expression patterns in small cell lung cancer subtypes” and “Iadademstat and gilteritinib synergistically abrogate viability of both treatment-naïve and drug-resistant AML cells” on October 27. Click on link for more info about the 34^th EORTC-NCI-AACR Symposium

About Oryzon
Founded in 2000 in Barcelona, Spain, Oryzon (ISIN Code: ES0167733015) is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company considered as the European leader in epigenetics. Oryzon has one of the strongest portfolios in the field, with two LSD1 inhibitors, iadademstat and vafidemstat, in Phase II clinical trials, and other pipeline assets directed against other epigenetic targets. In addition, Oryzon has a strong platform for biomarker identification and target validation for a variety of malignant and neurological diseases. For more information, visit www.oryzon.com

About Iadademstat
Iadademstat (ORY-1001) is a small oral molecule, which acts as a highly selective inhibitor of the epigenetic enzyme LSD1 and has a powerful differentiating effect in hematologic cancers (see Maes et al., Cancer Cell 2018 Mar 12; 33 (3): 495-511.e12.doi: 10.1016 / j.ccell.2018.02.002.). A FiM Phase I/IIa clinical trial with iadademstat in R/R AML patients demonstrated the safety and good tolerability of the drug and preliminary signs of antileukemic activity, including a CRi (see Salamero et al, J Clin Oncol, 2020, 38(36): 4260-4273. doi: 10.1200/JCO.19.03250). In an ongoing, fully-accrued Phase IIa trial in elder 1L-AML patients (ALICE trial), iadademstat has shown encouraging safety and efficacy data in combination with azacitidine (see Salamero et al., EHA 2022 poster). The company has obtained approval from the U.S. FDA for its IND for FRIDA, a Phase Ib trial of iadademstat plus gilteritinib in patients with relapsed/refractory AML with FLT3 mutations. Beyond hematological cancers, the inhibition of LSD1 has been proposed as a valid therapeutic approach in some solid tumors such as small cell lung cancer (SCLC), neuroendocrine tumors (NET), medulloblastoma and others. In a Phase IIa trial in combination with platinum/etoposide in second line ED-SCLC patients (CLEPSIDRA trial), preliminary activity and safety results have been reported (see Navarro et al., ESMO 2018 poster). New trials in combination in SCLC and NET are under preparation. Oryzon has recently entered into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the U.S. National Cancer Institute (NCI) to collaborate on potential further clinical development of iadademstat in different types of solid and hematological cancers. In total iadademstat has been dosed so far to more than 100 cancer patients in four clinical trials. Iadademstat has orphan drug designation for SCLC in the US and for AML in the US and EU.

About Vafidemstat
Vafidemstat (ORY-2001) is an oral, CNS optimized LSD1 inhibitor. The molecule acts on several levels: it reduces cognitive impairment, including memory loss and neuroinflammation, and at the same time has neuroprotective effects. In animal studies vafidemstat not only restores memory but reduces the exacerbated aggressiveness of SAMP8 mice, a model for accelerated aging and Alzheimer’s disease (AD), to normal levels and also reduces social avoidance and enhances sociability in murine models. In addition, vafidemstat exhibits fast, strong and durable efficacy in several preclinical models of multiple sclerosis (MS). Oryzon has performed two Phase IIa clinical trials in aggressiveness in patients with different psychiatric disorders (REIMAGINE) and in aggressive/agitated patients with moderate or severe AD (REIMAGINE-AD), with positive clinical results reported in both. Additional finalized Phase IIa clinical trials with vafidemstat include the ETHERAL trial in patients with Mild to Moderate AD, where a significant reduction of the inflammatory biomarker YKL40 has been observed after 6 and 12 months of treatment, and the pilot, small scale SATEEN trial in Relapse-Remitting and Secondary Progressive MS, where antiinflammatory activity has also been observed. Vafidemstat has also been tested in a Phase II in severe Covid-19 patients (ESCAPE) assessing the capability of the drug to prevent ARDS, one of the most severe complications of the viral infection, where it showed significant anti-inflammatory effects in severe Covid-19 patients. Currently, vafidemstat is in two Phase IIb trials in borderline personality disorder (PORTICO) and in schizophrenia patients (EVOLUTION). The company is also deploying a CNS precision medicine approach with vafidemstat in genetically-defined patient subpopulations of certain CNS disorders and is preparing a clinical trial in Kabuki Syndrome patients. The company is also exploring the clinical development of vafidemstat in other neurodevelopmental syndromes.

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