Zedira, Dr. Falk Pharma and the University of Mainz Hospital receive subsidy funding for clinical development of a celiac disease drug

Flagship project of the Ci3 leading-edge cluster

20-Oct-2015 - Germany

The consortium consisting of Zedira, Dr. Falk Pharma and Prof. Schuppan of the Institute of Translational Immunology and the Department of Medicine at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz has announced that their collaboration on drug development of celiac disease is being further supported under the Ci3 excellence cluster of the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research (German abbreviation: BMBF). The project involves the clinical development of the ZED1227 drug candidate. ZED1227 is the first low-molecular tissue transglutaminase blocker in the clinics. The joint venture was started as a flagship project of the leading-edge cluster for individualized immuneintervention (Ci3).

Celiac Disease is the most common chronic inflammation of the small intestine, with a worldwide prevalence around 1% in most countries. The autoimmune disease is triggered and maintained by alimentary gluten in genetically susceptible individuals.

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