Aqilion presents new preclinical data in the Alnitak program showing unique results in rheumatoid arthritis disease model

AQILION AB (publ) is presenting preclinical data in the Alnitak program for the first time at the conference BIO-Europe 2021. The Alnitak program focuses on inhibition of the TAK1 target protein. By directly inhibiting TAK1, the biology underlying the inflammatory processes that arise in various autoimmune diseases is affected. Aqilion is now presenting positive efficacy data from studies in a rheumatoid arthritis disease model with one of its TAK1 inhibitors. This is the first time that a drug-like substance that specifically inhibits TAK1 demonstrates favorable data in a disease model,