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Tolerating DHODH

How Immunic plans to differentiate its oral DHODH inhibitor in IBD

April 14, 2017 10:30 PM UTC

Immunic AG is betting on the tolerability and efficacy of its oral, next-generation dihydroorotate dehydrogenase inhibitor to differentiate it from first-generation agents and give it an edge over other types of oral therapies in the clinic for Crohn’s disease.

Inflammatory bowel diseases such as Crohn’s and ulcerative colitis are caused by over-reactive immune responses in the gut mediated by T helper type 1 (Th1) and Th17 cells, which rapidly divide and secrete the cytokines interferon gamma and IL-17, respectively. ...

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