Ascletis Pharma Inc.

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Developer of ASC50 and other oral small-molecule drugs

Psoriasis patients with moderate-to-severe disease have long relied on injected antibody drugs. Ascletis, a Hong Kong-listed biotech, says its experimental pill hits the same target without a needle. In a 28-day Phase I study of mild-to-moderate plaque psoriasis, once-daily 200 mg of ASC50 cut psoriasis area and severity index (PASI) scores by 48.9% over placebo.

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