Catabasis Pharmaceuticals and Bill & Melinda Gates Medical Research Institute to Study CAT-5571 in Drug-Sensitive and Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Catabasis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:CATB), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, announced today it entered into an agreement with the Bill & Melinda Gates Medical Research Institute (Gates MRI), a non-profit biotechnology organization, to assess CAT-5571 as a potential oral therapy to promote autophagy and clear persistent lung infections in patients with both drug-sensitive and drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB). Catabasis granted Gates MRI a non-exclusive license to CAT-5571, and will furnish samples of CAT-5571 to conduct this preclinical collaboration research program.