We are a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing product candidates that precisely target proteins that are critical to immune cell maturation and function.
−Removed: We believe our proprietary product candidates have broad potential to address cancers, immune mediated diseases and inflammatory diseases.
+Added: We believe our proprietary product candidates have broad potential to address immune mediated diseases, inflammatory diseases and cancers.
Our lead product candidate, soquelitinib (formerly CPI-818), is designed to bind specifically to a protein, interleukin 2 inducible T cell kinase (ITK), involved in T cell activation, T cell receptor signaling and T cell differentiation and function.
−Removed: Based on the proposed mechanism of action, we believe soquelitinib has the potential to be utilized to inhibit the production of a number of inflammatory cytokines involved in diseases such as atopic dermatitis, asthma, psoriasis and fibrotic diseases.
−Removed: In preclinical studies, Soquelitinib has affected T cell differentiation leading to enhanced function of T cells involved in tumor cell killing.
+Added: Based on the proposed mechanism of action, we believe soquelitinib has the potential to be utilized to inhibit the production of a number of inflammatory cytokines involved in diseases such as atopic dermatitis, hidradenitis suppurativa, asthma, psoriasis and fibrotic diseases.
+Added: In preclinical studies, Soquelitinib has affected T cell differentiation leading to enhanced function of T cells involved in tumor cell eradication.
Since the immune cells targeted by our product candidates play a role in many diseases, our strategy is to leverage our research and development capabilities by evaluating our product candidates in clinical trials where there is an understanding of the role of specific T cells in the target indication and where we believe such product candidates have the broadest potential.
We believe this strategy has enabled us to move rapidly from preclinical to clinical trials in diverse disease areas, each with large unmet needs.
−Removed: Soquelitinib entered a registrational, Phase 3 clinical trial for relapsed T cell lymphomas and is also being evaluated in a randomized, placebo controlled Phase 1 trial in patients with atopic dermatitis.
+Added: Soquelitinib entered both a registrational, Phase 3 clinical trial for relapsed T cell lymphomas and a recently initiated randomized, placebo-controlled Phase 2 trial in patients with atopic dermatitis.
We have two additional product candidates which are in clinical development for the treatment of various solid tumors, also based on modulation of immune function.
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+Added: Product Candidate Pipeline
Our product candidate pipeline and anticipated milestones include the following:
+Added: (1) The Company did not conduct Phase 1 studies for these specific indications, but is planning to initiate Phase 2 studies for these indications based on the Phase 1 Atopic Dermatitis study.
Soquelitinib (CPI-818), ITK Inhibitor.
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These lymphomas often have uncontrolled tonic signaling through the T cell receptor pathway, which involves ITK.
−Removed: Inhibition of ITK with soquelitinib could result in blockade of this signaling
−Removed: pathway and control the growth of the malignancy.
−Removed: In addition, one of the key survival mechanisms of both lymphomas and solid tumors is believed to be the reprogramming of normal T cells to create an environment in the tissues that inhibits an anti-tumor immune response and favors tumor growth.
+Added: Inhibition of ITK with soquelitinib could result in blockade of this signaling pathway and control the growth of the malignancy.
+Added: In addition, one of the key survival mechanisms of both lymphomas
+Added: and solid tumors is believed to be the reprogramming of normal T cells to create an environment in the tissues that inhibits an anti-tumor immune response and favors tumor growth.
We believe highly selective inhibitors of this enzyme will facilitate induction of normal T cell anti-tumor immunity and may be useful in the treatment of solid tumors as well as lymphomas.
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We believe that skewing T helper cell differentiation to favor cytotoxic T cells, known as Th1 skewing, may be beneficial in treating T cell lymphomas and many other types of cancer.
−Removed: Mice with genetic knock-out of ITK also demonstrate a reduction in Th2 cells, which produce the cytokines that are often responsible for autoimmunity and allergy such as interleukin (Il) Il-4, Il-5, Il-13, Il-17 and many others.
+Added: Mice with genetic knock-out of ITK also demonstrate a reduction in Th2 and Th17 cells, which produce the cytokines that are often responsible for autoimmunity and allergy such as interleukin (Il) Il-4, Il-5, Il-13, Il-17 and many others.
We have designed and developed soquelitinib to covalently target the cysteine amino acid residue at position 442 in the ITK protein.
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This approach was previously used by our cofounders to generate ibrutinib.
−Removed: Selective inhibition of ITK can block the production and function of Th2 and Th17 helper T cells, potentially leading to a biasing toward the differentiation of naïve T cells into Th1 helper T cells, a process known as Th1 skewing.
+Added: Selective inhibition of ITK can block the production and function of Th2 and Th17 helper T cells, potentially leading to a biasing toward the differentiation of naïve T cells into Th1 helper T cells.
Th1 cells lead to the generation of killer T cells that can eliminate tumor cells or viral infected cells.
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Overactive Th2 and Th17 cells are known to play a role in autoimmune, inflammatory and allergic diseases, which can potentially be ameliorated by selective ITK inhibition by blocking Th2 and Th17 function and their production of inflammatory cytokines such as IL4, IL5, IL13, IL17 and others.
+Added: In December 2024, we and our academic collaborators published results describing the chemistry, enzymology and preclinical anti-tumor activity of soquelitinib in the journal npj Drug Discovery.
+Added: Key results from the publication include that soquelitinib:
+Added: ● Selectively bound to and inhibited ITK function while sparing other closely related kinases, including resting lymphocyte kinase.
+Added: ● Inhibited Th2 T cell function and the production of various Th2 cytokines leading to Th1 skewing and production of interferon gamma and tumor necrosis factor, which are important cytokines in tumor rejection.
+Added: Th2 cytokines have been previously implicated in promoting tumor growth and are also involved in autoimmune and allergic diseases.
+Added: ● Activated cytotoxic killer cells and increases infiltration of these cells into tumors.
+Added: ● Reduced and reversed T cell exhaustion resulting in a more potent and prolonged immune response.
+Added: T cell exhaustion is often a major reason for resistance to immune checkpoint therapy.
+Added: ● Led to in vivo anti-tumor activity in several mouse tumor models, including colon, renal, melanoma, B cell and T cell tumor.
Soquelitinib for treatment of T cell lymphomas.
−Removed: Soquelitinib is currently being studied both in cancer and in immune mediated disease.
−Removed: A Phase 1/1b clinical trial was conducted in patients with relapsed T cell lymphomas that was designed to select the optimal dose of soquelitinib and evaluate its safety, pharmacokinetics (“PK”), target occupancy, immunologic effects, biomarkers and efficacy.
−Removed: The study is no longer enrolling new patients, however, some of the patients remain on therapy and are continuing to receive follow-up monitoring.
−Removed: The study employs an adaptive, expansion cohort design, with an initial phase that evaluated escalating doses (100, 200, 400 or 600 mg taken twice a day) in successive cohorts of patients, followed by a second phase that was designed to evaluate safety and tumor response to the recommended dose of soquelitinib in disease-specific patient cohorts.
−Removed: The study has enrolled patients from the United States, Australia, China and South Korea with several types of advanced, refractory T cell lymphomas.
−Removed: No dose limiting toxicities were observed in any of the dose levels.
−Removed: As of November 27, 2024, and in a safety population of 75 patients, no hematologic, renal or hepatic treatment-related adverse events were observed and the most common grade 3 to 4 adverse event was pruritus, seen in four patients with lymphoma involving skin.
−Removed: The optimum dose was determined to be 200 mg twice per day based on anti-tumor efficacy and pharmacodynamic studies which revealed full occupancy of the ITK active site by the drug.
−Removed: This dose was also consistent with dose-response effects seen in preclinical experiments both in vitro and in vivo.
−Removed: Interim data from the Phase 1/1b clinical trial were presented at the American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting (“ASH”) in December 2023.
−Removed: At that time, we also announced interim data from the trial as of November 21, 2023 on 21 evaluable patients receiving a dose of 200 mg twice per day (“200 mg BID”) and revealed an objective response rate (“ORR”) of 33.3% with 3 complete responses (“CRs”) and 4 partial responses (“PRs”).
−Removed: As of July 16, 2024, 25 patients (≤ 3 prior therapies) were enrolled in the trial at the 200 mg BID dose,
−Removed: including 23 evaluable patients.
−Removed: For the 23 evaluable patients, objective responses (CR plus PR) were seen in nine patients (39%), including six CRs (26%) and three PRs.
−Removed: The median progression free survival was 6.2 months.
−Removed: As of November 27, 2024, four of the responding patients remained on therapy;
−Removed: 3 with CRs and one with a PR.
+Added: Soquelitinib is currently being studied both in cancer and in immune mediated diseases.
+Added: A Phase 1/1b clinical trial was conducted in patients with relapsed T cell lymphomas that was designed to select the optimal dose of
+Added: soquelitinib and evaluate its safety, pharmacokinetics (“PK”), target occupancy, immunologic effects, biomarkers and efficacy.
+Added: The study is now complete, however, some of the patients remain on therapy and are continuing to receive follow-up monitoring.
+Added: The trial enrolled 75 patients (27 in the dose escalation portion and 48 in dose expansion portion) with various T cell lymphomas, including peripheral T cell lymphoma (“PTCL”), T follicular helper cell lymphoma, natural killer cell T cell lymphoma, cutaneous T cell lymphoma, anaplastic large cell lymphoma and adult T cell lymphoma/leukemia.
+Added: The median number of prior therapies was three (range 1-18), with only 31% achieving an objective response to their most recent prior therapy.
+Added: In the dose escalation portion, patients received a twice-daily dose of soquelitinib of 100 mg, 200 mg, 400 mg or 600 mg, and the 200 mg twice-daily dose (“200 mg BID”) was selected for the dose expansion portion based on biomarker studies indicating that doses of 200 mg or higher achieved complete occupancy of the ITK target with the drug.
+Added: Final data from the Phase 1/1b clinical trial were presented at the American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting (“ASH”) in December 2025.
+Added: Key highlights from the data supporting the ongoing registration Phase 3 trial in relapsed/refractory PTCL include:
+Added: ● No dose limiting toxicities or significant adverse events were observed in any patients in all dose cohorts up to 600 mg twice-daily, including no myelosuppression or immunosuppression;
+Added: ● Objective and durable tumor responses were seen in the 200 mg twice-daily cohort (N=36) with 6 patients experiencing complete responses;
+Added: ● In the 200 mg twice-daily cohort, it was determined that patients with between ≥1 and ≤3 prior therapies and an adequate peripheral blood lymphocyte count (N=24) were most likely to be responders to therapy.
+Added: In this patient population:
+Added: o Objective responses were seen in 9 of 24 patients including 6 complete responses and 3 partial responses;
+Added: o Median progression free survival (“PFS”) was 6.2 months, including an 18-month PFS of 30%;
+Added: o Median overall survival (“OS”) was 28.1 months, including a 24-month OS of 67%
+Added: Key highlights from the data supporting soquelitinib’s proposed mechanism of action (Th1 skewing and blocking Th2 and Th17 differentiation) and development in immune and inflammatory diseases include:
+Added: ● In vitro studies demonstrated that at appropriate doses, soquelitinib produced Th1 skewing, which is an immunologic property resulting from the blockade of Th2 differentiation and a shift to Th1;
+Added: ● Biomarker studies evaluating blood samples and tumor biopsies showed an increase in Th1 in blood and tumor samples and a reduction in serum IL-5, consistent with inhibiting Th2 and Th17 cells;
+Added: ● For six patients, paired tumor biopsies were compared at baseline and day 8 and showed an increase in intratumor Th1 cells with treatment analyzed using RNA sequencing.
In August 2023, we completed an End-of-Phase/Pre-Phase 3 meeting with the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) regarding our plans to conduct a potentially registrational Phase 3 clinical trial of soquelitinib in relapsed peripheral T cell lymphoma (“PTCL”).
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Secondary endpoints include objective response rate, overall survival and duration of response.
−Removed: Leading academic and private medical centers with significant experience in lymphoma research are participating in the trial, including investigators who have conducted other Phase 3 clinical trials in T cell lymphoma and authored many peer-reviewed articles on lymphomas.
+Added: Leading academic and private medical centers with significant experience in lymphoma research are
+Added: participating in the trial, including investigators who have conducted other Phase 3 clinical trials in T cell lymphoma and authored many peer-reviewed articles on lymphomas.
There are currently no FDA fully approved agents for the treatment of relapsed PTCL.
−Removed: In July 2024, soquelitinib received Fast Track designation for treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory peripheral T cell lymphoma after at least 2 lines of systemic therapy.
−Removed: As reported at the International Conference of Malignant Lymphoma in June 2023, preclinical data suggest that ITK inhibition with soquelitinib has the potential to treat solid and hematological cancers based on its novel proposed mechanism of action.
−Removed: Tumor immune responses were enhanced by the modulation of T cell differentiation resulting in increased T cell cytolytic capacity, increased migration of T cells into the tumor and reduced T cell exhaustion.
−Removed: Highlights of the presentation included:
−Removed: ● monotherapy provided statistically significant inhibition of tumor growth in established tumors in the following cancer models:
−Removed: EL4 TCL (T cell lymphoma), A20 B cell lymphoma and CT26 colon cancer.
−Removed: ● In the EL4 TCL model, treatment with soquelitinib led to increased infiltration of normal CD8+ T cells into the tumor.
−Removed: In addition, these CD8+ T cells had higher expression of perforin, an effector molecule produced by killer T cells that is involved in killing cancer cells.
−Removed: ● In the CT26 colon cancer model, the depletion of normal CD8 cells reduced the activity observed for soquelitinib treatment, suggesting that its potential mechanism of action involves the production of normal CD8+ T cells.
−Removed: ● In the CT26 colon cancer model, treatment with soquelitinib reduced the expression of T cell exhaustion markers.
−Removed: T cell exhaustion is a phenomenon seen in tumors and chronic infections where prolonged exposure to antigens results in exhausted or ineffective T cell function and inability to eliminate tumors or infections.
−Removed: ● In other murine studies using antigen primed T cells that were repeatedly stimulated, soquelitinib reduced the development of T cell exhaustion and reversed it in already exhausted T cells.
−Removed: These reinvigorated T cells regained their cancer cell killing capacity.
−Removed: We believe these findings suggest that the inhibition of ITK by soquelitinib produced changes in the tumor microenvironment that enhanced anti-tumor immunity creating a less favorable environment for tumor growth and provides the rationale for clinical investigation in a monotherapy trial of soquelitinib in solid tumors.
−Removed: We are planning a Phase 1b/2 clinical trial, in collaboration with the Kidney Cancer Research Consortium, of soquelitinib in solid tumors in patients with renal cell cancer who have failed checkpoint inhibitor therapy.
−Removed: In December 2024, we and our academic collaborators published results describing the chemistry, enzymology and preclinical anti-tumor activity of soquelitinib in the journal npj Drug Discovery.
−Removed: Key results from the publication include that soquelitinib:
−Removed: ● Selectively bound to and inhibited ITK function while sparing other closely related kinases, including resting lymphocyte kinase.
−Removed: ● Inhibited Th2 T cell function and the production of various Th2 cytokines leading to Th1 skewing and production of interferon gamma and tumor necrosis factor, which are important cytokines in tumor rejection.
−Removed: Th2 cytokines have been previously implicated in promoting tumor growth and are also involved in autoimmune and allergic diseases.
−Removed: ● Activated cytotoxic killer cells and increases infiltration of these cells into tumors.
−Removed: ● Reduced and reversed T cell exhaustion resulting in a more potent and prolonged immune response.
−Removed: T cell exhaustion is often a major reason for resistance to immune checkpoint therapy.
−Removed: ● Led to in vivo anti-tumor activity in several mouse tumor models, including colon, renal, melanoma, B cell and T cell tumor.
−Removed: In November 2023, we announced the posting of preclinical data on soquelitinib in bioRxiv that demonstrated that ITK’s selective inhibition produced therapeutic benefits in several autoimmune and allergy preclinical models, including psoriasis, asthma, pulmonary fibrosis, scleroderma and graft versus host disease.
−Removed: The mechanism of action involves the inhibition of Th2 and Th17 cells and their subsequent production of cytokines such as IL-4, IL-5, IL-17 and other cytokines involved in these diseases.
−Removed: The novel mechanism is a result of ITK inhibition and blockade of formation of Th2 and Th17 cells.
The FDA has granted Fast Track Designation to soquelitinib for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory peripheral T cell lymphoma (PTCL) after at least two lines of systemic therapy.
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Soquelitinib for treatment of atopic dermatitis.
+Added: In November 2023, we announced the posting of preclinical data on soquelitinib in bioRxiv that demonstrated that ITK’s selective inhibition produced therapeutic benefits in several autoimmune and allergy preclinical models, including psoriasis, asthma, pulmonary fibrosis, scleroderma and graft versus host disease.
+Added: The mechanism of action involves the inhibition of Th2 and Th17 cells and their subsequent production of cytokines such as IL-4, IL-5, IL-17 and other cytokines involved in these diseases.
+Added: The novel mechanism is a result of ITK inhibition and blockade of formation of Th2 and Th17 cells.
In April 2024, we initiated a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase 1 clinical trial with soquelitinib in patients with moderate to severe atopic dermatitis that previously failed one prior topical or systemic therapy.
−Removed: The clinical trial is planned to enroll 64 patients into one of four dosing cohorts in a 3:1 ratio (12 active and 4 placebo) to receive either soquelitinib or placebo.
−Removed: The cohorts are sequentially enrolled and will examine 100 mg oral twice per day, 200 mg oral once per day, 200 mg oral twice per day and 400 mg oral once per day.
−Removed: Patients are treated for 28 days and are then followed for an additional 30 days with no therapy.
−Removed: The primary endpoints include safety and tolerability, and efficacy, measured by improvement in Eczema Area and Severity Index (“EASI”) score, Investigator Global Assessment (“IGA”), reduction in itch and various cytokine biomarkers.
+Added: The clinical trial was planned to enroll 64 patients into one of four dosing cohorts in a 3:1 ratio (12 active and 4 placebo) to receive either soquelitinib or placebo.
+Added: The cohorts were designed to sequentially enroll and to examine 100 mg oral twice per day, 200 mg oral once per day, 200 mg oral twice per day and 400 mg oral once per day.
+Added: Patients would be treated for 28 days and are then followed for an additional 30 days with no therapy.
+Added: The primary endpoints included safety and tolerability, and efficacy, measured by improvement in Eczema Area and Severity Index (“EASI”) score, Investigator Global Assessment (“IGA”), reduction in itch and various cytokine biomarkers.
EASI scores are also evaluated by the percent of patients that achieve a specified percent reduction in EASI score – EASI 50 for patients that achieved a 50% reduction;
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and EASI 90 for a 90% reduction.
−Removed: Corvus and a data monitoring committee will be able to monitor the data from the trial as the trial progresses.
−Removed: On January 13, 2025, we reported top-line results from 16 patients in Cohort 1 (12 patients in the soquelitinib group receiving 100 mg orally twice per day vs.
−Removed: four receiving placebo) and 10 patients in Cohort 2 (seven patients in the soquelitinib group receiving 200 mg orally once per day vs.
−Removed: three receiving placebo) for which 28 days of treatment had been completed.
−Removed: For those 19 patients in the soquelitinib group, 26% achieved IGA 0 or 1 and 37% achieved EASI 75;
−Removed: and of the seven in the placebo group, none achieved IGA 0 or 1 or EASI 75.
−Removed: No significant safety issues were observed and no clinically significant laboratory abnormalities were seen.
−Removed: All 10 patients from Cohort 2 completed 28 days of dosing at the full dose of 200 mg orally once per day.
−Removed: Cohort 2 of the trial is fully enrolled (N=16) and we are nearing completion of enrollment in the third cohort.
−Removed: We plan to report topline results from Cohorts 1, 2 and 3 in May 2025.
−Removed: To date, over 100 patients have been treated with soquelitinib on our lymphoma and atopic dermatitis clinical trials.
−Removed: Some of the lymphoma patients received continuous therapy for up to two years.
+Added: As of May 6, 2025, enrollment into cohorts 1, 2 and 3 had been completed and we reported interim data for a total of 48 patients.
+Added: These data covered 32 patients receiving soquelitinib and 12 receiving placebo with 28-day follow-up, and four additional patients receiving soquelitinib with 15-day follow-up from cohort 3.
+Added: These four patients had not yet completed the 28-day treatment course.
+Added: The percent reduction in mean EASI scores at 28 days for the combined cohort 1 and 2 group was 54.6% for patients receiving soquelitinib and 30.6% for patients receiving placebo.
+Added: In cohort 3, the 200 mg BID cohort, the percent reduction in mean EASI score at 28 days was 71.1% for patients receiving soquelitinib and 42.1% for patients receiving placebo.
+Added: On January 20, 2026, we announced positive results from cohort 4 of our randomized, blinded, placebo-controlled Phase 1 clinical trial evaluating soquelitinib in patients with moderate to severe atopic dermatitis.
+Added: Based on the encouraging results from cohorts 1-3, cohort 4 was prospectively redesigned to support and potentially extend the clinical results obtained in the initial cohorts.
+Added: Cohort 4 was expanded to enroll 24 patients randomized 1:1 to receive soquelitinib 200 mg BID (the same dose as cohort 3) or placebo and the treatment period was extended to 56 days from the 28-day treatment period used for cohorts 1-3.
+Added: The cohort 4 data demonstrated favorable safety and efficacy results consistent with results from cohorts 1-3, including a deepening of responses in cohort 4 over the 8-week treatment period compared to the 4-week treatment period.
+Added: The results also showed clinical activity in patients who had received prior systemic therapies, including patients resistant to therapies like dupilumab and JAK inhibitors.
+Added: We believe the data to-date also support the novel proposed mechanism of action with ITK inhibition, which is designed to act upstream and regulate multiple T cell functional pathways.
+Added: We believe the immune rebalancing shown thus far by soquelitinib shows its potential in a wide range of inflammatory and immune diseases.
+Added: Based on these positive results, we plan to initiate a Phase 2 trial evaluating soquelitinib in patients with moderate to severe atopic dermatitis that have failed at least one prior topical or systemic therapy in the first quarter of 2026.
+Added: As of January 15, 2026, enrollment in cohort 4 was completed and all soquelitinib treated patients (n=12) had
+Added: completed the 56-day treatment course.
+Added: Of the 12 enrolled placebo patients, 10 were evaluable at day 56, as two patients were non-compliant and missed the day 56 visit;
+Added: these two patients completed additional follow up at later time points.
+Added: Patients in cohort 4 had similar baseline characteristics compared to patients in cohort 3, with patients in these cohorts having more advanced disease with a higher mean baseline EASI score compared to patients in cohorts 1 and 2.
+Added: The mean baseline EASI in cohort 4 was 25.7 for the patients treated with soquelitinib and 21.9 for patients that received placebo.
+Added: Across all four cohorts (n=72), 35% of patients had received prior systemic therapies (n=25), including 50% of patients (n=12) in cohort 4.
+Added: Overall, all four cohorts showed meaningful responses in the soquelitinib treatment groups compared to placebo for clinically significant endpoints of EASI 75 and IGA 0 or 1.
+Added: At day 56, the mean percent reduction in EASI for patients receiving soquelitinib in cohort 4 (n=12) was 72%, compared to 40% for patients receiving placebo (n=10).
+Added: The kinetics of response demonstrated continuous improvement from day 28 to day 56 with widening separation of the response curve compared to the placebo.
+Added: Two placebo patients experienced disease flares requiring therapy during the 56-day treatment period compared to none in the soquelitinib group.
+Added: Figure 1 below summarizes the efficacy results for cohorts 1 through 4 evaluating EASI 75, EASI 90 and IGA 0 or 1.
+Added: Cohort 3 and 4 results appear similar, with cohort 4 exhibiting higher frequency of EASI 75 and 90.
+Added: EASI 75, EASI 90 and IGA 0 or 1 for cohort 4 was achieved in 75%, 25% and 33% of patients receiving soquelitinib, respectively, compared to 20%, 0% and 0%, respectively, for the placebo group.
+Added: Percent Patients Achieving Endpoints EASI 75, EASI 90 and IGA 0 or 1 at Day 28 (cohorts 1-3) or at Day 56 (cohort 4) of Treatment.
+Added: Figure 2 below shows the kinetics of response for cohort 4 patients receiving soquelitinib and placebo.
+Added: Separation of the curves was seen at the first visit on day 15 and continuously increased out to day 56.
+Added: At day 56, the difference in the curves is statistically significant, p=0.035.
+Added: The disease control continued in the 30-day post treatment follow up period.
+Added: Percent Reduction in Mean EASI for Cohort 4.
+Added: Mean percent change in EASI over time is shown.
+Added: Treatment beginning is designated “Baseline” and days post-baseline are shown.
+Added: Screening to baseline data are shown and demonstrate relative disease stability.
+Added: The study blinding remained in effect for the entire 86-day period.
+Added: Numbers at the top of the graphs indicate numbers of patients evaluated at the various time points.
+Added: As of January 15, 2026, not all patients had completed the 30-day post treatment follow up.
+Added: Figure 3A and 3B below show the response curves for soquelitinib and placebo patients across all patients in cohorts 1-4 and in patients in cohorts 3-4 only, also segmented into sub-groups by those who had or had not received prior systemic therapies.
+Added: Across all four cohorts, 25 patients (35% of all patients) received prior systemic therapies with dupilumab being the most common prior systemic therapy (n=11).
+Added: Other prior systemic therapies included JAK inhibitors, corticosteroids and investigational agents.
+Added: The response curves are nearly identical for soquelitinib treated patients, regardless of their history of prior systemic therapy.
+Added: Placebo patients who had prior systemic therapy had a lesser reduction in EASI compared to placebo patients who had not received prior systemic therapy.
+Added: These Phase 1 results show separation of the curves for patients receiving soquelitinib compared to placebo and demonstrate that soquelitinib was similarly active in both systemic treatment naïve or experienced patients.
+Added: Also, prior systemic therapy experienced patients appeared to have worse disease.
+Added: The two placebo patients who achieved EASI 75 had not received prior systemic therapy.
+Added: None of the seven placebo patients who had received prior systemic therapy achieved EASI 75 or EASI 50;
+Added: whereas, three of the five soquelitinib treated patients who received prior systemic therapy achieved EASI 75.
+Added: Figure 3A, 3B:
+Added: Percent Reduction in Mean EASI for Cohorts 1-4– Breakout of Patients with or without Prior Systemic Therapy .
+Added: In Figure 3A, mean percent change in EASI over time is shown for all patients in Cohort 1-4 (left) and for those who received prior therapy (right).
+Added: In Figure 3B, similar analysis is shown for patients in cohort 3 and 4;
+Added: these patients received the 200 mg twice daily dose.
+Added: In all charts, treatment beginning is designated “Baseline” and weeks post-baseline are shown.
+Added: Placebo patients include cohorts 1-4.
+Added: Soquelitinib cohorts 3 and 4 are combined (200 mg twice daily doses used in both of these cohorts).
+Added: Figure 4 below shows longer follow up from cohort 3 patients, who also received the 200 mg twice-daily dose.
+Added: The data show maintenance or improvement in EASI out to 3 months beyond the treatment period and an increase of circulating Treg cells.
+Added: Percent Reduction in Mean EASI for Cohort 3 and percent change in Treg cells for cohorts 1-3.
+Added: Reduction in serum IL-4 cytokine was observed in cohorts 3 and 4, both during the treatment period and in the post treatment period, including a dose dependent response with cohort 4 patients showing the largest reductions in IL-4 out to day 86.
+Added: Biomarker data from cohorts 1 through 3 shows a reduction in serum IL-5 cytokine for cohorts 1 through 3 compared to placebo, including a dose dependent response with cohort 3 patients showing the largest reductions in IL-5 compared to placebo.
+Added: The reduction in serum IL-5 occurred as early as day 8 of therapy.
+Added: Serum IL-17 and TARC levels also were lower.
+Added: Circulating Th2 cells were measured (n=6 cohorts 1 and 2) by scRNA seq technology and demonstrated a reduction in these cells with treatment.
+Added: As noted above, circulating Tregs cells increased in patients in cohort 3 and were associated with a prolonged treatment effect.
+Added: These results are consistent with soquelitinib’s observed ability to block Th2 and Th17 cells and their secreted cytokines, such as IL-4, IL-5, IL-17 and the effects on T reg cells.
+Added: This biomarker data suggest that soquelitinib induced an immune system rebalancing involving Th1, Th2, Th17 and Treg cells.
+Added: Biomarker Data:
+Added: Change in serum IL-4, IL-5, IL-17, TARC and reduction in Th2 cells.
+Added: Percent change from baseline is shown for serum IL-4 (left panel).
+Added: Percent change in serum IL-5 (middle-left panel) is shown for cohort 1 and 2 combined, cohort 3 and placebo.
+Added: Each dot represents a patient.
+Added: Percent change in Th2 cell is shown for six soquelitinib patients from cohort 1 and 2 that had scRNA seq performed on blood (middle-right panel).
+Added: Change in serum IL-17 and TARC in cohort 4 for soquelitinib (n=5 measured to date) and placebo (N=14) patients (right panel).
+Added: As of January 15, 2026, no new safety signals had been observed.
+Added: Reported adverse events occurred in 41.7% of soquelitinib patients and 50% of placebo patients;
+Added: all were Grade 1-2 and did not result in any dose modifications or interruptions.
+Added: No severe or serious adverse events were reported.
+Added: No significant lab abnormalities were seen.
+Added: In March 2026, we initiated a Phase 2 clinical trial of soquelitinib for the treatment of atopic dermatitis.
+Added: The trial is anticipated to enroll approximately 200 patients with moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis that have failed at least one prior topical or systemic therapy.
+Added: The trial is anticipated to enroll four cohorts of 50 patients each, with soquelitinib doses of:
+Added: 200 mg once per day;
+Added: 200 mg twice per day;
+Added: and 400 mg once per day;
+Added: along with a placebo group.
+Added: The treatment period is anticipated to be 12 weeks with a 30-day follow-up period with no treatment.
Beyond our current and planned clinical trials for soquelitinib, we also continue to advance our next-generation ITK inhibitor preclinical product candidates, which were designed to deliver precise T-cell modulation that is optimized for specific immunology indications.
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In both preclinical and in vivo studies, mupadolimab has demonstrated binding to various immune cells and the enhancement of immune responses by activating B cells.
−Removed: While we believe mupadolimab has the potential to be an important new therapeutic agent with a novel mechanism of action for the treatment of a broad range of cancers and infectious diseases, we are waiting to initiate a potential Phase 2 randomized clinical trial in order to prioritize the development of our other two lead product candidates.
−Removed: Angel Pharmaceuticals is continuing the development of mupadolimab in China.
+Added: While we believe mupadolimab has the potential to be an important new therapeutic agent with a novel proposed mechanism of action to support its development for the treatment of a broad range of cancers and infectious diseases, we are waiting to initiate a potential Phase 2 randomized clinical trial in order to prioritize the development of our other two lead product candidates.
Manufacturing
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We believe that the development experience of our scientific and management teams, as well as the strength and promise of our product candidates, provides us with a competitive advantage;
−Removed: nevertheless, we face
−Removed: potential competition from myriad sources, including pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, academic institutions, governmental agencies and public and private research institutions.
+Added: nevertheless, we face potential competition from myriad sources, including pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, academic institutions, governmental agencies and public and private research institutions.
Soquelitinib is an investigational oral therapy in development for the treatment of immune diseases and cancer.
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If approved for use in patients with AD, we will potentially face branded competition from dupilumab, a biologic approved in 2017, as well as biologics tralokinumab, nemolizumab, and lebrikizumab.
−Removed: In addition, there are several companies developing treatments that may be approved for AD including large pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies such as Pfizer, Sanofi, Amgen, GSK, Lilly, AbbVie, and Incyte.
+Added: In addition, there are several companies developing treatments that are approved or under development for AD including large pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies such as Abbvie, Pfizer, Sanofi, Amgen, GSK and Lilly.
Currently approved treatments for R/R PTCL include belinostat and pralatrexate, both under accelerated approval.
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As of February 3, 2026, our owned and licensed patent portfolio consisted of fourteen licensed U.S.
−Removed: issued patents, thirteen owned U.S.
−Removed: issued patents, six owned U.S.
−Removed: pending patent applications, four owned pending Patent Cooperation Treaty (“PCT”) applications, and one owned U.S.
−Removed: provisional patent applications directed to soquelitinib, ciforadenant and
−Removed: mupadolimab, and certain of our other proprietary technology, inventions, improvements or other potential product candidates.
−Removed: In addition, our owned and licensed patent portfolio included forty licensed patents, four licensed patent applications, forty-one owned patents, and thirty owned patent applications pending in jurisdictions outside of the United States that are foreign counterparts to one or more of the foregoing U.S.
+Added: issued patents, fourteen owned U.S.
+Added: issued patents, three owned U.S.
+Added: pending patent applications, and four owned pending Patent Cooperation Treaty (“PCT”) applications directed to soquelitinib, ciforadenant and mupadolimab, and certain of our other proprietary technology, inventions, improvements or other potential product candidates.
+Added: In addition, our owned and licensed patent portfolio included forty-two licensed patents, three licensed patent applications, fifty-one owned patents, and eighteen owned patent applications pending in jurisdictions outside of the United States that are foreign counterparts to one or more of the foregoing U.S.
patents and patent applications.
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and foreign patents, pending U.S.
−Removed: and foreign patent applications, and PCT International patent application, if granted as patents, that we own directed to the methods of treatment for ciforadenant are expected to expire between December 2036 and April 2045, excluding any patent term extension that may be available.
+Added: and foreign patent applications, and PCT International patent application,
+Added: if granted as patents, that we own directed to the methods of treatment for ciforadenant are expected to expire between December 2036 and April 2045, excluding any patent term extension that may be available.
The granted U.S.
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For example, third parties may have blocking patents that could be used to prevent us from commercializing our product candidates and practicing our proprietary technology, and the issued patents that we in-license and those that may issue in the future may be challenged, invalidated, or circumvented, which could limit our ability to stop competitors from marketing related products or could limit the term of patent protection that otherwise may exist for our product candidates.
−Removed: addition, the scope of the rights granted under any issued patents may not provide us with protection or competitive advantages against competitors with similar technology.
+Added: In addition, the scope of the rights granted under any issued patents may not provide us with protection or competitive advantages against competitors with similar technology.
Furthermore, our competitors may independently develop similar technologies that are outside the scope of the rights granted under any issued patents that we own or exclusively in-license.
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We also have the right to prosecute and maintain any patent rights that we may own that cover the licensed compounds that do not fall within the licensed patent rights.
−Removed: Pursuant to this agreement, we are required to use commercially reasonable efforts to conduct certain activities to obtain marketing authorizations for licensed products and to conduct certain preclinical and clinical studies for ciforadenant.
+Added: Pursuant to this agreement, we are required to use commercially reasonable efforts to conduct certain activities to obtain marketing authorizations for licensed products and
+Added: to conduct certain preclinical and clinical studies for ciforadenant.
We also must use commercially reasonable efforts to conduct certain preclinical and clinical studies to support the use of ciforadenant as an immunotherapeutic agent for cancer studies, and to meet certain specified development, regulatory and commercial milestones within specified time periods.
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All clinical trials must be conducted under the supervision of one or more qualified investigators in accordance with GCP regulations.
−Removed: Furthermore, an IRB at each institution participating in the clinical trial must review and approve each protocol before a clinical trial commences at that institution and must also approve the information regarding the trial and the consent form that must be provided to each trial subject or his or her legal representative, monitor the study until completed and otherwise comply with IRB regulations.
+Added: Furthermore, an IRB at each institution participating in the clinical trial must review and approve each protocol before a clinical trial commences at that institution and must also approve the information regarding the
+Added: trial and the consent form that must be provided to each trial subject or his or her legal representative, monitor the study until completed and otherwise comply with IRB regulations.
The FDA or the sponsor may suspend a clinical trial at any time on various grounds, including a finding that the research subjects or patients are being exposed to an unacceptable health risk.
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The FDA reviews an NDA to determine, among other things, whether a product is safe and effective for its intended use and whether its manufacturing is cGMP compliant to assure and preserve the product’s identity, strength, quality and purity.
−Removed: The FDA reviews a BLA to determine, among other things whether the product is safe, pure and potent and the facility in which it
−Removed: is manufactured, processed, packed or held meets standards designed to assure the product’s continued safety, purity and potency.
+Added: The FDA reviews a BLA to determine, among other things whether the product is safe, pure and potent and the facility in which it is manufactured, processed, packed or held meets standards designed to assure the product’s continued safety, purity and potency.
Under the Prescription Drug User Fee Act guidelines that are currently in effect, the FDA has a goal to complete a standard review of an NDA for a new molecular entity or an original BLA within ten months after the filing date, or, if the application qualifies for priority review, within six months after the filing date.
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If a product receives regulatory approval, the approval may be significantly limited to specific diseases and dosages or the indications for use may otherwise be limited, which could restrict the commercial value of the product.
−Removed: In addition, the FDA may require a sponsor to conduct Phase 4 testing, which involves clinical trials designed to further assess a drug’s safety and effectiveness after NDA or BLA approval, and may require other clinical or non-clinical testing and surveillance programs to monitor the safety of approved products which have been commercialized.
+Added: In addition, the FDA may require a sponsor to conduct Phase 4 testing, which involves clinical trials designed to further
+Added: assess a drug’s safety and effectiveness after NDA or BLA approval, and may require other clinical or non-clinical testing and surveillance programs to monitor the safety of approved products which have been commercialized.
The FDA may also place other conditions on approval including the requirement for a risk evaluation and mitigation strategy (“REMS”) to assure the safe use of the drug.
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Orphan designation does not convey any advantage in or shorten the duration of the regulatory review and approval process.
−Removed: If a product that has orphan designation subsequently receives the first FDA approval for the disease or condition for which it has such designation, the product is entitled to orphan product exclusivity, which means that the FDA may not approve any other applications to market the same drug or biological product for the same disease or condition for seven years, except in limited circumstances, such as a showing of clinical superiority to the product with orphan exclusivity or inability to manufacture the product in sufficient quantities.
+Added: If a product that has orphan designation subsequently receives the first FDA approval for the disease or condition for which it has such designation, the product is entitled to orphan product exclusivity, which means that the FDA may not approve any other applications to market the same drug or biological product for the approved use or indication within the same disease or condition for seven years, except in limited circumstances, such as a showing of clinical superiority to the product with orphan exclusivity in the relevant indication or inability to manufacture the product in sufficient quantities.
The designation of such drug or biologic also entitles a party to financial incentives such as opportunities for grant funding towards clinical trial costs, tax advantages and user fee waivers.
−Removed: However, competitors may receive approval of different products for the disease or condition for which the orphan product has exclusivity or obtain approval for the same product but for a different disease or condition for which the orphan product has exclusivity.
−Removed: Orphan exclusivity also could block the approval of a product candidate for seven years if a competitor obtains approval of the same drug or biologic as defined by the FDA or if such product candidate is determined to be contained within the competitor’s product for the same condition or disease.
−Removed: orphan designated product receives marketing approval for a disease or condition broader than what is designated, it may not be entitled to orphan exclusivity.
+Added: However, competitors may receive approval of different products for the same indication or use for which the orphan product has exclusivity or obtain approval for the same product but for a different indication or use for which the orphan product has exclusivity.
+Added: Orphan exclusivity also could block the approval of a product candidate for seven years within the relevant indication or use if a competitor obtains approval of the “same” drug or biologic as defined by the FDA or if such product candidate is determined to be contained within the competitor’s product.
+Added: If an orphan designated product receives marketing approval for a disease or condition broader than what is designated, it may not be entitled to orphan exclusivity.
Expedited Development and Review Programs
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Once an approval is granted, the FDA may withdraw the approval if compliance with regulatory standards is not maintained or if problems occur after the product reaches the market.
−Removed: Later discovery of previously unknown
−Removed: problems with a product may result in restrictions on the product or even complete withdrawal of the product from the market.
+Added: Later discovery of previously unknown problems with a product may result in restrictions on the product or even complete withdrawal of the product from the market.
After approval, some types of changes to the approved product, such as adding new indications, certain manufacturing changes and additional labeling claims, are subject to further FDA review and approval.
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requirements at any time during the product development process, approval process or after approval, may subject an applicant or manufacturer to administrative or judicial civil or criminal sanctions and adverse publicity.
−Removed: FDA sanctions could include refusal to approve pending applications, withdrawal of an approval, clinical hold, warning or untitled letters, product recalls, product seizures, total or partial suspension of production or distribution, injunctions, fines, refusals of government contracts, mandated corrective advertising or communications with doctors, debarment, restitution, disgorgement of profits, or civil or criminal penalties.
+Added: FDA sanctions could include refusal to approve pending applications, withdrawal of an approval, clinical hold, warning or untitled letters, product recalls, product seizures, total or partial suspension of production or distribution, injunctions, fines, refusals of government contracts, mandated corrective
+Added: advertising or communications with doctors, debarment, restitution, disgorgement of profits, or civil or criminal penalties.
Marketing Exclusivity
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If such written request does not include clinical trials in neonates, the FDA is required to include its rationale for not requesting those clinical trials.
−Removed: request studies on approved or unapproved indications in separate written requests.
+Added: The FDA may request studies on approved or unapproved indications in separate written requests.
The issuance of a written request does not require the sponsor to undertake the described clinical trials.
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In addition, the approval of a biosimilar product may not be made effective by the FDA until twelve years from the date on which the reference product was first licensed.
−Removed: During this twelve-year period of exclusivity, another company may still market a competing version of the reference product if the FDA approves a full BLA for the competing product containing the sponsor’s own preclinical data and data from adequate and well-controlled clinical trials to demonstrate the safety, purity and potency of their product.
+Added: During this twelve-year period of exclusivity, another company may still market a competing version of the reference product if the FDA approves a full BLA for the competing product containing the sponsor’s own preclinical
+Added: data and data from adequate and well-controlled clinical trials to demonstrate the safety, purity and potency of their product.
The BPCIA also created certain exclusivity periods for biosimilars approved as interchangeable products.
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Non-clinical studies are performed to demonstrate the health or environmental safety of new chemical or biological substances.
−Removed: Non-clinical (pharmaco-toxicological) studies must be conducted in compliance with the principles of good laboratory practice (“GLP”) as set forth in EU Directive 2004/10/EC (unless otherwise justified for certain particular medicinal products, e.g., radio-pharmaceutical precursors for radio-labelling purposes).
+Added: Non-clinical (pharmaco-toxicological) studies must be conducted in compliance with the principles of GLP as set forth in EU Directive 2004/10/EC (unless otherwise justified for certain particular medicinal products, e.g., radio-pharmaceutical precursors for radio-labelling purposes).
In particular, non-clinical studies, both in vitro and in vivo, must be planned, performed, monitored, recorded, reported and archived in accordance with the GLP principles, which define a set of rules and criteria for a quality system for the organizational process and the conditions for non-clinical studies.
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The CTR allows sponsors to make a single submission to both the competent authority and an ethics committee in each member state, leading to a single decision per member state.
−Removed: The CTA must include, among other things, a copy of the trial protocol and an investigational medicinal product dossier containing information about the manufacture and quality of the medicinal product under investigation.
+Added: The CTA must include, among other things, a copy of the trial protocol and an investigational medicinal product dossier containing information about the manufacture and quality of the medicinal product under
+Added: investigation.
The assessment procedure of the CTA has been harmonized as well, including a joint assessment by all member states concerned, and a separate assessment by each member state with respect to specific requirements related to its own territory, including ethics rules.
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The centralized procedure may at the request of the applicant also be used in certain other cases and in particular for any other products containing new active substances not authorized in the EU or for product candidates which constitute a significant therapeutic, scientific, or technical innovation or for which the granting of authorization would be in the interests of public health in the EU.
−Removed: It is likely that the centralized procedure would apply
−Removed: to the product candidates we are developing.
+Added: It is likely that the centralized procedure would apply to the product candidates we are developing.
Under the centralized procedure, the maximum timeframe for the evaluation of a MAA by the EMA is 210 days, excluding clock stops.
In exceptional cases, the CHMP might perform an accelerated review of a MA in no more than 150 days (not including clock stops).
−Removed: Innovative products that target an unmet medical need and are expected to be of major public health interest may be eligible for a number of expedited development and review programs, such as the PRIority MEdicines (“PRIME”) scheme, which provides incentives similar to the breakthrough therapy designation in the U.S.
−Removed: PRIME is a voluntary scheme aimed at enhancing the EMA’s support for the development of medicines that target unmet medical needs.
+Added: Innovative products that target an unmet medical need and are expected to be of major public health interest may be eligible for a number of expedited development and review programs, such as the PRIority MEdicines (“PRIME”) scheme, which provides incentives similar to the breakthrough therapy designation in the United States PRIME is a voluntary scheme aimed at enhancing the EMA’s support for the development of medicines that target unmet medical needs.
It is based on increased interaction and early dialogue with companies developing promising medicines, to optimize their product development plans and speed up their evaluation to help them reach patients earlier.
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(2) either (a) such condition affects not more than five in 10,000 persons in the EU when the application is made, or (b) the product, without the benefits derived from the orphan status, would not generate sufficient return in the EU to justify the necessary investment;
−Removed: and (3) there exists no satisfactory method of diagnosis, prevention or treatment of such condition authorized for marketing in the EU, or if such a method exists, the product will be of significant benefit to those affected
−Removed: by the condition.
+Added: and (3) there exists no satisfactory method of diagnosis, prevention or treatment of such condition authorized for marketing in the EU, or if such a method exists, the product will be of significant benefit to those affected by the condition.
The application for orphan designation must be submitted before the MAA.
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(2) the applicant consents to a second orphan medicinal product application;
−Removed: or (3) the applicant cannot supply enough orphan medicinal product.
+Added: applicant cannot supply enough orphan medicinal product.
Pediatric Development
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The advertising and promotion of medicinal products is also subject to laws concerning promotion of medicinal products, interactions with physicians, misleading and comparative advertising and unfair commercial practices.
−Removed: advertising and promotional activities for the product must be consistent with the approved summary of product characteristics, and therefore all off-label promotion is prohibited.
+Added: All advertising and promotional activities for the product must be consistent with the approved summary of product characteristics, and therefore all off-label promotion is prohibited.
Direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription medicines is also prohibited in the EU.
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The aforementioned EU rules are generally applicable in the European Economic Area (“EEA”), which consists of the 27 EU member states plus Norway, Liechtenstein and Iceland.
−Removed: For other countries outside of the EU, such as countries in Eastern Europe, Latin America or Asia, the requirements governing the conduct of clinical trials, product licensing, pricing and reimbursement vary from country to country.
+Added: For other countries outside of the EU, such as countries in Eastern Europe, Latin America or Asia, the requirements governing the conduct of clinical trials, product licensing, pricing and reimbursement vary from country to
In all cases, again, the clinical trials are conducted in accordance with GCP and the applicable regulatory requirements and the ethical principles that have their origin in the Declaration of Helsinki.
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● The federal false claims laws, including the False Claims Act, which prohibit any person or entity from, among other things, knowingly presenting, or causing to be presented, a false, fictitious or fraudulent claim for payment to, or approval by, the federal government or knowingly making, using or causing to be made or used a false record or statement material to a false or fraudulent claim to the federal government.
−Removed: In addition, the government may assert that a claim including items or services resulting from a violation of
−Removed: the federal Anti-Kickback Statute constitutes a false or fraudulent claim for purposes of the False Claims Act;
+Added: In addition, the government may assert that a claim including items or services resulting from a violation of the federal Anti-Kickback Statute constitutes a false or fraudulent claim for purposes of the False Claims Act;
● The federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”), which prohibits, among other actions, knowingly and willfully executing, or attempting to execute, a scheme to defraud any healthcare benefit program, including private third-party payors, knowingly and willfully embezzling or stealing from a healthcare benefit program, willfully obstructing a criminal investigation of a healthcare offense, and knowingly and willfully falsifying, concealing or covering up a material fact or making any materially false, fictitious or fraudulent statement in connection with the delivery of or payment for healthcare benefits, items or services.
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Adequate third-party reimbursement may not be available to enable us to maintain price levels sufficient to realize an appropriate return on our investment in product development.
−Removed: In addition, coverage and reimbursement for new products can differ
−Removed: significantly from payor to payor.
+Added: In addition, coverage and reimbursement for new products can differ significantly from payor to payor.
One third-party payor’s decision to cover a particular medical product or service does not ensure that other payors will also provide coverage for the medical product or service, or will provide coverage at an adequate reimbursement rate.
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Government authorities and other third-party payors have attempted to control costs by limiting coverage and the amount of reimbursement for particular medical products.
−Removed: For example, in March 2010, the Affordable Care Act, or ACA, was enacted, which, among other things, increased the minimum Medicaid rebates owed by most manufacturers under the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program;
+Added: For example, in March 2010, the Affordable Care Act, or ACA, was enacted, which, among other things, increased the minimum Medicaid rebates owed by most manufacturers under the Medicaid Drug Rebate
introduced a new methodology by which rebates owed by manufacturers under the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program are calculated for drugs that are inhaled, infused, instilled, implanted or injected;
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On January 2, 2013, the American Taxpayer Relief Act was signed into law, which, among other things, further reduced Medicare payments to several types of providers, including hospitals, imaging centers and cancer treatment centers and increased the statute of limitations period for the government to recover overpayments to providers from three to five years.
−Removed: In addition, in March 2021, the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 was signed into law, which eliminated the statutory Medicaid drug rebate cap, beginning January 1, 2024.
+Added: In addition, in March 2021, the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 was signed into law, which eliminated the statutory cap on manufacturers’ Medicaid drug rebate liability, beginning January 1, 2024.
The rebate was previously capped at 100% of a drug’s average manufacturer price.
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On August 16, 2022, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, or IRA, was signed into law.
−Removed: Among other things, the IRA requires manufacturers of certain drugs to engage in price negotiations with Medicare (beginning in 2026), imposes rebates under Medicare Part B and Medicare Part D to penalize price increases that outpace inflation (first due in 2023), and replaces the Part D coverage gap discount program with a new discounting program (which began in 2025).
+Added: Among other things, the IRA requires manufacturers of certain drugs to engage in price negotiations with Medicare, imposes rebates under Medicare Part B and Medicare Part D to penalize price increases that outpace inflation (first due in 2023), and replaces the Part D coverage gap discount program with a new discounting program (which began in 2025).
The IRA permits the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to implement many of these provisions through guidance, as opposed to regulation, for the initial years.
HHS has issued and will continue to issue guidance implementing the IRA.
−Removed: On August 29, 2023, HHS announced the list of the first ten drugs that will be subject to price negotiations, although the Medicare drug price negotiation program is currently subject to legal challenges.
+Added: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the negotiated prices for the initial ten drugs, which went into effect in 2026, and the subsequent 15 drugs, which will first be effective in 2027, as well as the next set of 15 drugs that will be subject to price negotiations, although the Medicare drug price negotiation program is currently subject to legal challenges.
For that and other reasons, it is currently unclear how the IRA will be effectuated.
−Removed: In addition, individual states in the United States have also become increasingly active in implementing regulations designed to control pharmaceutical product pricing, including price or patient reimbursement constraints, discounts, restrictions on
−Removed: certain product access and marketing cost disclosure, drug price reporting and other transparency measures and, in some cases, mechanisms to encourage importation from other countries and bulk purchasing.
+Added: The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which was enacted in July 2025, imposes significant reductions in the funding of the Medicaid program.
+Added: Such reductions are expected to decrease the number of persons enrolled in Medicaid and reduce the services covered by Medicaid, which could adversely affect our sales of any product candidate that we commercialize.
+Added: The Trump administration is pursuing a two-fold strategy to reduce drug costs in the U.S.
+Added: President Trump has threatened to impose significant tariffs on pharmaceutical manufacturers that do not adopt pricing policies such as most favored nation pricing, which would tie the price for drugs in the U.S.
+Added: to the lowest price in a group of other countries.
+Added: In response, multiple manufacturers have reportedly entered into confidential pricing agreements with the federal government.
+Added: The Trump administration is also pursuing traditional regulatory pathways to impose drug pricing policies, and published two proposed regulations in December 2025, referred to as Globe and Guard.
+Added: If finalized, these regulations would implement mandatory payment models under which manufacturers of eligible drugs would be required to pay rebates to the federal government on a portion of the units of their drugs that are reimbursed by Medicare, with the rebate amount based on most favored nation pricing.
+Added: While the impact of the Globe and Guard proposed regulations, if finalized, cannot yet be determined, it is likely to be significant.
+Added: Even regulatory proposals or executive actions that are ultimately deemed unlawful could negatively impact the U.S.
+Added: pharmaceutical sector and our business.
+Added: In addition, pharmaceutical pricing and marketing has long been the subject of considerable discussion in Congress and among policymakers, and it is possible that Congress could enact additional laws that negatively affect the pharmaceutical industry.
+Added: In addition, individual states in the United States have also become increasingly active in implementing regulations designed to control pharmaceutical product pricing, including price or patient reimbursement constraints, discounts, restrictions on certain product access and marketing cost disclosure, drug price reporting and other transparency measures and, in some cases, mechanisms to encourage importation from other countries and bulk purchasing.
Some states have enacted legislation creating so-called prescription drug affordability boards, which ultimately may attempt to impose price limits on certain drugs in these states.
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regulatory requirements, including U.S.
−Removed: federal, state and local regulations regarding environmental protection and
−Removed: hazardous and controlled substance controls, among others.
+Added: federal, state and local regulations regarding environmental protection and hazardous and controlled substance controls, among others.
Environmental laws and regulations are complex, change frequently and have tended to become more stringent over time.
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We were incorporated in Delaware on January 27, 2014 and began operations in November 2014.
−Removed: Our principal executive offices are located at 901 Gateway Boulevard, South San Francisco, California 94080, and our telephone number is (650) 900 4520.
+Added: Our executive offices are located at 901 Gateway Boulevard, South San Francisco, California 94080, and our telephone number is (650) 900 4520.
Our website address is http://www.corvuspharma.com.
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