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AIM-Quoted Verona Pharma Progresses Anti-Asthma Drug Studies

Published in Drug Law Weekly, November 20th, 2007

AIM-quoted drug discovery company Verona Pharma is pleased to announce another important step forward in the planned development of its anti-asthma and hay fever drug treatment.

The Company's novel anti-asthmatic compound, RPL554, is now entering a second 28-day experimental inhalation toxicology study in another species in order to demonstrate safety, before moving onto the proof of concept clinical trials early next year.

RPL554 is a long-acting bronchodilator/anti-inflammatory molecule being developed to treat hay fever (rhinitis), asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. A significant feature of RPL554 is that it does not use steroids or...

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