Catabasis Pharmaceuticals and the Jain Foundation Announce a Preclinical Research Collaboration to Study Edasalonexent in Dysferlinopathy

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. & SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Catabasis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:CATB), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, and the Jain Foundation, a non-profit foundation whose mission is to cure muscular dystrophies caused by dysferlin protein deficiency, announced a preclinical research collaboration to study edasalonexent (CAT-1004) in Dysferlinopathy. Dysferlinopathy (Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2B / Miyoshi myopathy) is a serious rare disease that causes progressive muscle weakness for which there are currently no approved treatment options. Edasalonexent is in Phase 3 development for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and has the potential to benefit patients with other diseases, such as Dysferlinopathy.