Aerpio Announces Initiation of Dosing in a Phase 1a, Multiple-Ascending Dose Study of AKB-4924, a Hypoxia-Inducible Factor-1 Alpha Stabilizer in Development for Inflammatory Bowel Disease
CINCINNATI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aerpio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (OTCQB:ARPO), today announced the initiation of dosing in a Phase 1a, multiple-ascending dose study of the Company’s hypoxia-inducible factor-1 alpha (HIF-1 alpha) stabilizer, AKB-4924. AKB-4924 is a once-daily, oral, gut-restricted HIF-1 alpha stabilizer that has been shown to improve disease indices in multiple models of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). “Unlike other HIF stabilizers that mainly affect HIF-2 and stimulate erythropoiesi