Palisade Bio Announces Positive Preclinical Data of Lead Program PALI-2108 at the 2024 Crohn’s & Colitis Congress
Carlsbad, CA, Jan. 29, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Palisade Bio, Inc. (Nasdaq: PALI) (“Palisade” or the “Company”), a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing novel therapeutics for serious chronic gastrointestinal (GI) diseases, today announced the presentation of positive preclinical data of its lead asset, PALI-2108 at the Crohn’s & Colitis Congress, which was held on January 25-27, 2024 in Las Vegas, NV.
- The preclinical data was presented in a poster titled, Local Bioactivation and Efficacy of PALI-2108: A Promising PDE4 Inhibitor Prodrug for Ulcerative Colitis Treatment.
- PALI-2108 is the Company’s orally administered, locally acting colon-specific phosphodiesterase-4B (PDE4B) inhibitor prodrug in development for patients affected by moderate-to-severely active ulcerative colitis (UC).
- The poster is available on the Scientific Publications page of the Company’s website .
- This feature ensures localized bioactivation, leading to colon-specific distribution with limited systemic exposure, as confirmed by a tissue distribution study.