Aeglea BioTherapeutics Announces Upcoming KOL and Patient Caregiver Webinar on Arginase 1 Deficiency
PR Newswire
AUSTIN, Texas
,
Jan. 25, 2022
/PRNewswire/ — Aeglea BioTherapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq:AGLE), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing a new generation of human enzyme therapeutics to benefit people with rare metabolic diseases, today announced that it will host a Key Opinion Leader (KOL) and Patient Caregiver Webinar on Arginase 1 Deficiency on
Thursday, February 3, 2022
, at
2:30pm EST
.
The webinar will include presentations from:
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Barbara Burton
, M.D., Professor of Pediatrics,
Northwestern University
Feinberg School of Medicine, and Attending Physician in the Division of Genetics, Birth Defects and Metabolism at the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, will provide an overview of Arginase 1 Deficiency and describe the role of arginine in the pathogenesis of the disease.
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George Diaz
, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine, and Director of the Program for Inherited Metabolic Diseases at
Mount Sinai
(
New York, NY
), will discuss the enzyme therapy approach to treating patients with Arginase 1 Deficiency and clinical data.
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Tanja Brandt
, parent/caregiver of a 10-year-old child with Arginase 1 Deficiency, Advisor and Steering Committee Member of the Arginase 1 Deficiency Foundation (ARG1D.org), will discuss the disease burden and will provide the patient and caregiver perspective related to the challenges of living with a devastating and progressive disease.
A live question and answer session will follow the formal presentations. To register for the webinar, please click
here
. To access the live and/or archived webcast, visit the
Events & Presentations
section of the Company
‘
s website. Replays of Company webcasts are archived on the website for 30 days following presentations.
About Aeglea BioTherapeutics
Aeglea BioTherapeutics is a clinical-stage biotechnology company redefining the potential of human enzyme therapeutics to benefit people with rare metabolic diseases with limited treatment options. In
December 2021
, Aeglea announced positive topline data from its PEACE Phase 3 clinical trial for its lead product candidate, pegzilarginase, in patients with Arginase 1 Deficiency. Pegzilarginase has received both Rare Pediatric Disease and Breakthrough Therapy designations. Aeglea also has an ongoing Phase 1/2 clinical trial of AGLE-177 for the treatment of Homocystinuria. AGLE-177 has been granted Rare Pediatric Disease Designation. Aeglea has an active discovery platform focused on engineering small changes in human enzymes to have a big impact on the lives of patients and their families. For more information, please visit
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