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Recursion Pharmaceuticals Announces 2 Key Investigational Oncology Drugs Advancing To Clinical Trials, Targeting High Unmet Needs In Hematologic Malignancies, Small-Cell Lung Cancer, & More

Benzinga ·  Jan 7 06:16
  • REC-3565 is a potential best-in-class MALT1 inhibitor for multiple hematology indications, designed to reduce the risk of hyperbilirubinemia, a common side effect of other MALT1 inhibitors
  • REC-4539, a potential best-in-class LSD1 inhibitor, is the first designed to be reversible and CNS penetrant for small-cell lung cancer

Salt Lake City, UT, Jan. 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Recursion (NASDAQ:RXRX), a leading clinical stage TechBio company decoding biology to industrialize drug discovery, announced today that the UK Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has cleared a clinical trial application (CTA) for a Phase 1 clinical trial of REC-3565, a potential best-in-class MALT1 inhibitor for B-cell malignancies. For REC-3565, the total addressable population could include a range of hematological indications, with approximately 41,000 relapsed and/or refractory (R/R) patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and B-cell lymphomas in the US+EU5 annually.

Recursion also announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared an investigational new drug (IND) application for a Phase 1/2 clinical trial of REC-4539, a potential best-in-class LSD1 inhibitor for small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) and other potential indications. For REC-4539, the total addressable population in the US+EU5 for extensive stage SCLC is approximately 45,000 patients annually.

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