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Published: May 13, 2021
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. (BUSINESS WIRE) Osmol Therapeutics today announced that it has initiated Investigational New Drug (IND) enabling studies to develop a therapy to prevent chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN). A phase 1 clinical study is projected to begin in 2022. There are currently no Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved therapies for the prevention or treatment of CIPN, a debilitating condition resulting from the off-target toxicity of many chemotherapy treatments.
Osmol was founded by Dr. Barbara Ehrlich, Professor of Pharmacology and of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Yale School of Medicine. Her research on neuronal calcium sensor-1 (NCS1), a critical calcium binding protein that regulates intracellular calcium levels, forms the basis of Osmol’s CIPN treatment, OSM-0205 and future potential NCS1 therapeutics. OSM-0205’s mechanism addresses the off-target toxicity of