Company continues to advance PGN-EDO51 in CONNECT1-EDO51, with the 10 mg/kg cohort now fully enrolled BOSTON / Dec 16, 2024 / Business Wire / PepGen Inc . (Nasdaq: PEPG), a clinical-stage biotechnology company advancing the next generation of oligonucleotide therapies with the goal of transforming the treatment of severe neuromuscular and neurological diseases, today announced that the Company received a clinical hold notice... Read More

BOSTON / Nov 21, 2024 / Business Wire / PepGen Inc. (Nasdaq: PEPG), a clinical-stage biotechnology company advancing the next generation of oligonucleotide therapies with the goal of transforming the treatment of severe neuromuscular and neurological diseases, today announced it awarded an inducement grant under PepGen’s 2024 Inducement Plan as a material inducement to employment to its newly appointed Senior Vice President,... Read More

FREEDOM-DM1 data from 5 and 10 mg/kg cohorts in patients with DM1 expected in the first quarter of 2025 Study designs of CONNECT program optimized based on encouraging results from early cohort Strengthened leadership team with addition of Paul Streck, MD, MBA, as head of R&D BOSTON / Nov 07, 2024 / Business Wire / PepGen Inc. (Nasdaq: PEPG), a clinical-stage biotechnology company advancing the next generation of... Read More

BOSTON / Nov 04, 2024 / Business Wire / PepGen Inc. (Nasdaq: PEPG), a clinical-stage biotechnology company advancing the next generation of oligonucleotide therapies with the goal of transforming the treatment of severe neuromuscular and neurological diseases, today announced that management will participate in the following upcoming investor conferences: Guggenheim's Inaugural Healthcare Innovation Conference (Boston, MA)... Read More

BOSTON / Oct 08, 2024 / Business Wire / PepGen Inc. (Nasdaq: PEPG), a clinical-stage biotechnology company advancing the next generation of oligonucleotide therapies with the goal of transforming the treatment of severe neuromuscular and neurological diseases, today announced that the Company will be presenting a short oral presentation as well as five posters at the 29 th Annual Congress of the World Muscle Society (WMS),... Read More

BOSTON / Sep 19, 2024 / Business Wire / PepGen Inc. (Nasdaq: PEPG), a clinical-stage biotechnology company advancing the next generation of oligonucleotide therapies with the goal of transforming the treatment of severe neuromuscular and neurological diseases, today announced that Christopher Ashton, PhD, intends to retire from the Board of Directors effective September 30, 2024. Dr. Ashton has served on PepGen's Board of... Read More

BOSTON / Aug 20, 2024 / Business Wire / PepGen Inc. (Nasdaq: PEPG), a clinical-stage biotechnology company advancing the next generation of oligonucleotide therapies with the goal of transforming the treatment of severe neuromuscular and neurological diseases, today announced it awarded an inducement grant under PepGen’s 2024 Inducement Plan as a material inducement to employment to its newly appointed Executive Vice... Read More

BOSTON / Aug 20, 2024 / Business Wire / PepGen Inc. (Nasdaq: PEPG), a clinical-stage biotechnology company advancing the next generation of oligonucleotide therapies with the goal of transforming the treatment of severe neuromuscular and neurological diseases, today announced the appointment of Paul Streck, M.D., MBA, as Executive Vice President, Head of Research & Development (R&D), effective immediately. Dr. Streck will... Read More

CONNECT1-EDO51 clinical trial data from low-dose cohort were reported in July. PGN-EDO51 at 5 mg/kg was well tolerated, achieved mean exon skipping levels of 2.15%, mean muscle-adjusted dystrophin production increase of 0.70% from baseline and mean absolute dystrophin production increase of 0.26% from baseline, after three months of dosing FREEDOM2-DM1 clinical trial cleared by Health Canada and U.K. Medicines and Healthcare... Read More

PGN-EDO51 at 5 mg/kg was well tolerated, and all patients continued to long-term extension portion of trial. Dosing of second cohort at 10 mg/kg is ongoing Four doses of PGN-EDO51 at 5 mg/kg achieved mean exon skipping levels of 2.15% after three months of dosing PGN-EDO51 at 5 mg/kg showed mean muscle-adjusted dystrophin level of 1.49%, a 0.70% increase from baseline, after three months of dosing PGN-EDO51 at 5 mg/kg showed... Read More

BOSTON / Jul 02, 2024 / Business Wire / PepGen Inc. (Nasdaq: PEPG), a clinical-stage biotechnology company advancing the next generation of oligonucleotide therapies with the goal of transforming the treatment of severe neuromuscular and neurological diseases, today announced the expansion of its executive team with the appointments of Afsaneh Mohebbi, Ph.D., as Senior Vice President, Portfolio and Program Management and... Read More

Michelle Mellion, M.D., promoted to Chief Medical Officer Hayley Parker, Ph.D., promoted to Senior Vice President, Global Regulatory Affairs BOSTON / Jun 11, 2024 / Business Wire / PepGen Inc. (Nasdaq: PEPG), a clinical-stage biotechnology company advancing the next generation of oligonucleotide therapies with the goal of transforming the treatment of severe neuromuscular and neurological diseases, today announced two... Read More

CONNECT1-EDO51 trial preliminary data from 5mg/kg dose cohort expected mid-2024 FREEDOM1-DM1 trial preliminary data from at least 5mg/kg dose cohort expected second half 2024 Net proceeds of $86.3 million from common stock offerings extending cash runway into 2026 BOSTON, May 14, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PepGen Inc. (Nasdaq: PEPG), a clinical-stage biotechnology company advancing the next generation of oligonucleotide... Read More

BOSTON, March 13, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PepGen Inc. (Nasdaq: PEPG), a clinical-stage biotechnology company advancing the next generation of oligonucleotide therapies with the goal of transforming the treatment of severe neuromuscular and neurological diseases, today announced that management will participate in the following upcoming investor conferences: Stifel 2024 CNS Days (Virtual) Tuesday, March 19, 2024, at 1:00... Read More

BOSTON, March 13, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PepGen Inc. (Nasdaq: PEPG), a clinical-stage biotechnology company advancing the next generation of oligonucleotide therapies with the goal of transforming the treatment of severe neuromuscular and neurological diseases, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted both orphan drug and rare pediatric disease designations for PGN-EDO51, an investigational... Read More

Enrollment completed for PGN-EDO51 5 mg/kg cohort in CONNECT1-EDO51 Phase 2 clinical trial in DMD patients. The Company expects to announce preliminary data from the 5 mg/kg dose cohort in mid-2024 CONNECT2-EDO51 Phase 2 clinical trial in DMD patients open in the U.K. - Company believes this study could potentially support accelerated approval FREEDOM-DM1 Phase 1 clinical trial enrolling DM1 patients with preliminary data... Read More

BOSTON, March 04, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PepGen Inc. (Nasdaq: PEPG), a clinical-stage biotechnology company advancing the next generation of oligonucleotide therapies with the goal of transforming the treatment of severe neuromuscular and neurological diseases, today announced that the UK Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has authorized its Clinical Trial Application (CTA) to initiate the... Read More

BOSTON, Feb. 20, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PepGen Inc. (Nasdaq: PEPG), a clinical-stage biotechnology company advancing the next generation of oligonucleotide therapies with the goal of transforming the treatment of severe neuromuscular and neurological diseases, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track designation to PGN-EDODM1, an investigational candidate for the treatment of... Read More

BOSTON, Feb. 07, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PepGen Inc. (Nasdaq: PEPG), a clinical-stage biotechnology company advancing the next generation of oligonucleotide therapies with the goal of transforming the treatment of severe neuromuscular and neurological diseases, today announced the pricing of an underwritten offering of 7,530,000 shares of its common stock at a price to the public of $10.635 per share. The aggregate gross... Read More

BOSTON, Jan. 17, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PepGen Inc. (Nasdaq: PEPG), a clinical-stage biotechnology company advancing the next generation of oligonucleotide therapies with the goal of transforming the treatment of severe neuromuscular and neurological diseases, today announced the expansion of its executive team with the appointment of Mary Beth DeLena as General Counsel and Secretary. Ms. DeLena joins PepGen with over 20... Read More

Preliminary data from the 5 mg/kg PGN-EDO51 dose level in the CONNECT1-EDO51 Phase 2 trial are expected mid-2024: including initial safety, exon 51 skipping and dystrophin protein production data Phase 1 results following a single dose of 10 mg/kg of PGN-EDO51 in healthy volunteers demonstrated peak exon 51 skipping of 3.8% with 100% of subjects demonstrating exon skipping BOSTON, Jan. 08, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PepGen... Read More

Safety, transcript splicing correction and clinical outcome measures data at 5 mg/kg PGN-EDODM1 dose level in patients from FREEDOM-DM1 clinical trial expected in 2024 Clearance of Clinical Trial Application (CTA) by the UK Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) extends enrollment in FREEDOM-DM1 Phase 1 clinical trial to third country BOSTON, Dec. 18, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PepGen Inc. (Nasdaq: PEPG), a... Read More

BOSTON, Nov. 15, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PepGen Inc. (Nasdaq: PEPG), a clinical-stage biotechnology company advancing the next generation of oligonucleotide therapies with the goal of transforming the treatment of severe neuromuscular and neurological diseases, today announced the appointment of Howard Mayer, M.D. to the PepGen Board of Directors, effective November 15, 2023. “We are pleased to welcome Dr. Mayer to the... Read More

Continuing to open CONNECT1-EDO51 trial sites in Canada Opening of FREEDOM-DM1 trial sites underway in the U.S. and Canada Ended third quarter 2023 with cash and cash equivalents of $129.5 million; cash runway expected into 2025 BOSTON, Nov. 08, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PepGen Inc. (Nasdaq: PEPG), a clinical-stage biotechnology company advancing the next generation of oligonucleotide therapies with the goal of transforming... Read More

Lifting of FDA hold allows FREEDOM-DM1 study to launch in the U.S. with target dose levels of 5 mg/kg, 10 mg/kg and 20 mg/kg Safety, transcript splicing and clinical outcome measures data at 5 mg/kg PGN-EDODM1 dose level in patients from FREEDOM-DM1 clinical study expected in 2024 Continue to expect safety, muscle exon skipping and dystrophin data at 5 mg/kg PGN-EDO51 dose level in patients from CONNECT1-EDO51 clinical study... Read More

BOSTON, Sept. 27, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PepGen Inc. (Nasdaq: PEPG), a clinical-stage biotechnology company advancing the next generation of oligonucleotide therapies with the goal of transforming the treatment of severe neuromuscular and neurological diseases, today announced that it will be presenting at the 28 th Annual Congress of the World Muscle Society, being held October 3-7 in Charleston, South Carolina. Details... Read More

BOSTON, Sept. 06, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PepGen Inc. (Nasdaq: PEPG), a clinical-stage biotechnology company advancing the next generation of oligonucleotide therapies with the goal of transforming the treatment of severe neuromuscular and neurological diseases, today announced it has received a No Objection Letter (NOL) from Health Canada for its Clinical Trial Application (CTA) to initiate the FREEDOM-DM1 Phase 1 study of... Read More

EDO platform observed to drive 25-fold higher level of oligonucleotide delivery to myotube nuclei compared to “naked” oligonucleotide EDO technology enabled delivery of therapeutic oligonucleotide to 72% of muscle nuclei in non-human primates PGN-EDODM1 corrected 99% of mis-splicing and reversed 99% of myotonia following multiple doses in Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1 (DM1) murine model BOSTON, Sept. 06, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --... Read More

BOSTON, Sept. 01, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PepGen Inc. (Nasdaq: PEPG), a clinical-stage biotechnology company advancing the next generation of oligonucleotide therapies with the goal of transforming the treatment of severe neuromuscular and neurological diseases, today announced that it will be presenting at upcoming medical meetings and an investor conference. Ashling Holland, Director of Preclinical Development at PepGen,... Read More

Phase 2 open-label CONNECT1-EDO51 study open in Canada Potentially registrational, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase 2 CONNECT2-EDO51 multinational study expected to be initiated in the second half of 2023 Continue to pursue global strategy of initiating FREEDOM-EDODM1 clinical study in geographies outside the U.S. Continue to work closely with FDA to lift the clinical hold and initiate the Phase 1... Read More

BOSTON, June 13, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PepGen Inc. (Nasdaq: PEPG), a clinical-stage biotechnology company advancing the next generation of oligonucleotide therapies with the goal of transforming the treatment of severe neuromuscular and neurological diseases, today announced that while it awaits receipt of an official clinical hold letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Company is withdrawing its... Read More

BOSTON, May 30, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PepGen Inc. (Nasdaq: PEPG), a clinical-stage biotechnology company advancing the next generation of oligonucleotide therapies with the goal of transforming the treatment of severe neuromuscular and neurological diseases, today announced that the Company received a clinical hold notice from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regarding their Investigational New Drug Application... Read More

CONNECT1-EDO51 will assess dystrophin levels, exon skipping data and safety data following multiple doses of PGN-EDO51 in patients with mutations amenable to skipping exon 51 Initial data readout is expected mid-2024 BOSTON, May 18, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PepGen Inc. (Nasdaq: PEPG), a clinical-stage biotechnology company advancing the next generation of oligonucleotide therapies with the goal of transforming the treatment... Read More

Phase 2 open-label CONNECT1-EDO51 study expected to be initiated in Canada in the first half of 2023 Potentially registration-directed, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase 2 CONNECT2-EDO51 multinational study expected to be initiated in the second half of 2023 Phase 1 randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled FREEDOM-DM1 study expected to be initiated in the first half of 2023 Ended first quarter 2023 with... Read More

BOSTON, May 04, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PepGen Inc. (Nasdaq: PEPG), a clinical-stage biotechnology company advancing the next generation of oligonucleotide therapies with the goal of transforming the treatment of severe neuromuscular and neurological diseases, today announced that James McArthur, Ph.D., President and CEO of PepGen will present at the Bank of America Securities 2023 Healthcare Conference on Thursday, May 11... Read More

BOSTON, April 17, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PepGen Inc. (Nasdaq: PEPG), a clinical-stage biotechnology company advancing the next generation of oligonucleotide therapies with the goal of transforming the treatment of severe neuromuscular and neurological diseases, today announced that it will present at the 2023 American Academy of Neurology (AAN) Annual Meeting, taking place on April 22-27, 2023 in Boston, Massachusetts.... Read More

BOSTON, April 13, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PepGen Inc. (Nasdaq: PEPG), a clinical-stage biotechnology company advancing the next generation of oligonucleotide therapies with the goal of transforming the treatment of severe neuromuscular and neurological diseases, today announced that James McArthur, Ph.D., President and CEO of PepGen will present at the 22 nd Annual Needham Virtual Healthcare Conference on Thursday, April 20... Read More

BOSTON, March 23, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PepGen Inc. (Nasdaq: PEPG), a clinical-stage biotechnology company advancing the next generation of oligonucleotide therapies with the goal of transforming the treatment of severe neuromuscular and neurological diseases, today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2022 and highlighted recent corporate developments. “2022 was a truly... Read More

In NHP, four monthly doses of 20 mg/kg of PGN-EDO51 resulted in 34.9% exon skipped transcripts in biceps; a 14-fold increase over the 2.5% exon 51 skipped transcripts observed after a single dose Following on the EDO51 Phase 1 study, we anticipate initiating in the first half of 2023 the CONNECT1-EDO51 Study in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) patients, a Phase 2 open-label multiple ascending dose (MAD) study in Canada. We... Read More

BOSTON, March 21, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PepGen Inc. (Nasdaq: PEPG), a clinical-stage biotechnology company advancing the next generation of oligonucleotide therapies with the goal of transforming the treatment of severe neuromuscular and neurological diseases, today announced that James McArthur, Ph.D., President and CEO of PepGen will present at Stifel’s CNS Days Conference on Tuesday, March 28 th at 1:30pm EST. The... Read More

BOSTON, March 16, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PepGen Inc. (Nasdaq: PEPG), a clinical-stage biotechnology company advancing the next generation of oligonucleotide therapies with the goal of transforming the treatment of severe neuromuscular and neurological diseases, will report its fourth quarter and full year 2022 financial results and provide a corporate update on Thursday, March 23, 2023. PepGen’s management will host a... Read More

BOSTON, March 13, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PepGen Inc. (Nasdaq: PEPG), a clinical-stage biotechnology company advancing the next generation of oligonucleotide therapies with the goal of transforming the treatment of severe neuromuscular and neurological diseases, today announced that it will present at the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) Annual Clinical and Scientific Conference, taking place on March 19-22, 2023 in... Read More

BOSTON, Feb. 09, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PepGen Inc. (Nasdaq: PEPG), a clinical-stage biotechnology company advancing the next generation of oligonucleotide therapies with the goal of transforming the treatment of severe neuromuscular and neurological diseases, today announced that James McArthur, Ph.D., President and CEO of PepGen will present at SVB Securities’ Global Biopharma Virtual Conference on Thursday, February 16... Read More

PGN-EDODM1 was well-tolerated in acute GLP studies in rodents and non-human primates (NHPs) at clinically relevant doses Studies conducted in patient cells indicate that PGN-EDODM1, a CUG-targeting peptide-phosphorodiamidate morpholino oligonucleotide (PPMO) conjugate, did not degrade DMPK transcripts, a potentially important safety benefit, while reducing toxic nuclear foci and correcting mis-splicing Off-target effects... Read More

In non-human primates (NHPs), high levels of exon 53 skipping were observed after a single dose of PGN-EDO53 – almost 7-times higher than those observed for a comparator peptide-phosphorodiamidate morpholino oligonucleotide (PPMO) conjugate molecule used as a positive control PGN-EDO45 development candidate demonstrated high... Read More

PepGen Inc. (Nasdaq: PEPG), a clinical-stage biotechnology company advancing the next generation of oligonucleotide therapies with the goal of transforming the treatment of severe neuromuscular and neurological diseases, announced the presentation of data from its Duchenne muscular dystrophy program. The data are featured in a poster at the 27th International Hybrid Annual Congress of the World Muscle Society taking place in... Read More

PGN-EDO51 exhibited the highest levels of oligonucleotide delivery and exon skipping in a clinical study following a single dose when compared to publicly available clinical data for other exon 51 skipping approaches PGN-EDO51 was generally well-tolerated PepGen plans to initiate a Phase 2a multiple ascending dose (MAD) clinical trial in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) patients in 1H 2023 Data supports the potential of... Read More

PepGen Inc . (“PepGen”), a clinical-stage biotechnology company advancing the next generation of oligonucleotide therapies with the goal of transforming the treatment of severe neuromuscular and neurological diseases, today announced the appointment of Habib Joseph Dable to its Board of Directors. Mr. Dable is the former President and Chief Executive Officer of Acceleron Pharma, and brings nearly three decades of experience... Read More

PepGen Inc. (“PepGen”), a clinical-stage biotechnology company advancing the next generation of oligonucleotide therapies with the goal of transforming the treatment of severe neuromuscular and neurological diseases, today reported financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2022. “During the second quarter we completed a successful initial public offering expected to fund operations into the first half of 2025... Read More

PepGen Inc. (“PepGen”), a Boston-based clinical-stage biotechnology company advancing the next generation of oligonucleotide therapies with the goal of transforming the treatment of severe neuromuscular and neurological diseases, today announced the appointment of Caroline Godfrey, Ph.D., one of PepGen’s scientific co-founders, to its Scientific Advisory Board. In connection with this appointment, Dr. Godfrey leaves her... Read More

PepGen Inc. (“PepGen”), a clinical-stage biotechnology company advancing the next generation of oligonucleotide therapies with the goal of transforming the treatment of severe neuromuscular and neurological diseases, today reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2022. “This has been a year of tremendous growth for PepGen, culminating in our recent transition to a clinical stage company and execution... Read More