Tonix Pharmaceuticals Holding Corp. announced two oral presentations and a poster presentation at the American Transplant Congress 2024, being held June 1-5, 2024 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, Pa.
Research Directed by Faculty of the Center for Transplantation Sciences, Massachusetts General Hospital
CHATHAM, N.J., May 29, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Tonix Pharmaceuticals Holding Corp. (Nasdaq: TNXP) (Tonix or the Company), a fully-integrated biopharmaceutical company with marketed products and a pipeline of development candidates, today announced two oral presentations and a poster presentation at the American Transplant Congress 2024, being held June 1-5, 2024 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, Pa. Details on each presentation can be found below.
Copies of the Company’s poster presentations will be available under the Scientific Presentations tab of the Tonix website at www.tonixpharma.com following the conference. Additional meeting information can be found on the American Transplant Congress website here.
| Oral Presentations Details | ||
| Presenter: | Kohei Kinoshita, M.D., Center for Transplantation Sciences, Massachusetts General Hospital | |
| Title: | Combined Blockade of the CD154 and CD28 Co-Stimulation Pathways Attenuates Pathogenic Alloimmunity and Prolongs Survival in Cynomolgus Cardiac Allografts | |
| Location: | 109-AB‚ Level 1 | |
| Abstract: | 860 | |
| Date/Time: | Tuesday, June 4, 2024, 9:45 a.m. ET | |
| Presenter: | Ikechukwu Ileka, M.D., Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School | |
| Title: | Extended Survival of 9- and 10-Gene-Edited Pig Heart Xenografts with Ischemia Minimization and CD154 Costimulation Blockade-Based Immunosuppression | |
| Location: | 114 - Nutter Theater‚ Level 1 | |
| Abstract: | 932 | |
| Date/Time: | Tuesday, June 4, 2024, 10:15 a.m. ET | |
| Poster Presentations Details | ||
| Presenter: | Ikechukwu Ileka, M.D., Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School | |
| Title: | Experience with a Novel Delayed Immune Tolerance Protocol in Nonhuman Primates Based on Anti-CD154, Anti-CD2, and Anti-CD28 | |
| Location: | Poster Hall‚ Exhibit Hall A‚ Level 2 | |
| Abstract: | C086 | |
| Date/Time: | Monday, June 3, 2024, 9:15 a.m. ET | |
Tonix Pharmaceuticals Holding Corp.*
Tonix is a fully-integrated biopharmaceutical company focused on developing, licensing and commercializing therapeutics to treat and prevent human disease and alleviate suffering. Tonix’s development portfolio is focused on central nervous system (CNS) disorders. Tonix’s priority is to submit a New Drug Application (NDA) to the FDA in the second half of 2024 for Tonmya1, a product candidate for which two statistically significant Phase 3 studies have been completed for the management of fibromyalgia. TNX-102 SL is also being developed to treat acute stress reaction as well as fibromyalgia-type Long COVID. Tonix’s CNS portfolio includes TNX-1300 (cocaine esterase), a biologic designed to treat cocaine intoxication that has Breakthrough Therapy designation. Tonix’s immunology development portfolio consists of biologics to address organ transplant rejection, autoimmunity and cancer, including TNX-1500, which is a humanized monoclonal antibody targeting CD40-ligand (CD40L or CD154) being developed for the prevention of allograft rejection and for the treatment of autoimmune diseases. Tonix also has product candidates in development in the areas of rare disease and infectious disease. Tonix Medicines, our commercial subsidiary, markets Zembrace® SymTouch® (sumatriptan injection) 3 mg and Tosymra® (sumatriptan nasal spray) 10 mg for the treatment of acute migraine with or without aura in adults.
*Tonix’s product development candidates are investigational new drugs or biologics and have not been approved for any indication.
1Tonmya™ is conditionally accepted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as the tradename for TNX-102 SL for the management of fibromyalgia. Tonmya has not been approved for any indication.
Zembrace SymTouch and Tosymra are registered trademarks of Tonix Medicines. All other marks are property of their respective owners.
This press release and further information about Tonix can be found at www.tonixpharma.com.
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