Vicore Pharma announces systemic sclerosis as the second indication for VP01
Mölndal, April 23, 2019 - Vicore Pharma AB (publ) a leading rare diseases pharmaceutical company today announces that it has selected diffuse systemic sclerosis (dSSc) as the second indication for its lead program VP01 (C21), which complements the primary indication, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). Diffuse systemic sclerosis is a disease with a strong involvement of angiotensin II and an upregulation of the angiotensin II type 2 receptor (AT2R - the C21 target), which is known to mediate anti-fibrotic as well as vascular effects within a number of disease models. VP01 is currently being