Ascletis Announces U.S. FDA Clearance of IND Application for Its Oral Small Molecule IL-17 Inhibitor, ASC50, for the Treatment o

  • -- ASC50 is an in-house discovered and developed oral small molecule interleukin-17 (IL-17) inhibitor for the treatment of multiple autoimmune and inflammatory diseases, including psoriasis . -- Following oral dosing in non-human primates, ASC50 demonstrated higher drug exposure, longer half-life and lower clearance than an oral small molecule IL-17 inhibitor comparator, which is currently in the clinical development.