SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Nov. 29, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cytokinetics, Incorporated (Nasdaq: CYTK) today announced five presentations at the 34^th International Symposium on ALS/MND taking place in Basel, Switzerland and online from December 6, 2023 - December 8, 2023.

Oral Presentations

Title: Site and Participant Perspectives on Participating in an ALS Trial Designed to Reduce Burden: COURAGE-ALS
Presenter: Stacy Rudnicki, M.D., Vice President, Clinical Research and Therapeutic Area Lead, Neuromuscular, Cytokinetics
Date: December 6, 2023
Session Title: Session 3B: Technology and Telemedicine
Session Time: 3:15-3:30 PM CET
Location: Singapore

Title: COURAGE-ALS: Results of the Phase 3 Clinical Trial of Reldesemtiv in ALS
Presenter: Jeremy M. Shefner, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Neurology, Barrow Neurological Institute, University of Arizona College of Medicine Phoenix
Date: December 7, 2023
Session Title: Session 6B: Clinical Trials
Session Time: 10:30-10:50 AM CET
Location: Singapore

Poster Presentations

Title: Plasma Neurofilament Analysis in VITALITY-ALS: Analysis at Baseline, Longitudinal, and by Rate of Disease Progression
Presenter: Tyrell Simpkins, D.O., Ph.D., Associate Medical Director, Clinical Research Neuromuscular, Cytokinetics
Date: December 6, 2023
Session Title: Theme 10 – Disease Stratification and Phenotyping of Patient
Poster Number: DSP-08
Session Time: 6:45-7:45 PM CET
Location: Event Halle

Title: Hospitalizations in COURAGE-ALS and Their Relationship to ALS
Presenter: Stacy Rudnicki, M.D., Vice President, Clinical Research and Therapeutic Area Lead, Neuromuscular, Cytokinetics
Date: December 7, 2023
Session Title: Theme 09 – Clinical Trials and Trial Design
Poster Number: CLT-20
Session Time: 5:45-6:45 PM CET
Location: Event Halle

Title: Investigating Geographical Differences in Time from ALS Symptom Onset to Key Disease Milestones: Data from a Real-World Survey
Presenter: Paulos Gebrehiwet, Ph.D., M.S., Manager, Health Economics and Outcomes Research, Cytokinetics
Date: December 7, 2023
Session Title: Theme 12 – Clinical Management and Support
Poster Number: CMS-53
Session Time: 5:45-6:45 PM CET
Location: Event Halle

About Cytokinetics

Cytokinetics is a late-stage, specialty cardiovascular biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing first-in-class muscle activators and next-in-class muscle inhibitors as potential treatments for debilitating diseases in which cardiac muscle performance is compromised. As a leader in muscle biology and the mechanics of muscle performance, the company is developing small molecule drug candidates specifically engineered to impact myocardial muscle function and contractility. Aficamten is a next-in-class cardiac myosin inhibitor, currently the subject of three Phase 3 clinical trials: SEQUOIA-HCM, evaluating aficamten in patients with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), MAPLE-HCM, evaluating aficamten as monotherapy compared to metoprolol as monotherapy in patients with obstructive HCM and ACACIA-HCM, evaluating aficamten in patients with non-obstructive HCM. Cytokinetics is also developing omecamtiv mecarbil, a cardiac muscle activator, in patients with heart failure. Additionally, Cytokinetics is developing CK-136, a cardiac troponin activator for the potential treatment HFrEF and other types of heart failure, such as right ventricular failure, resulting from impaired cardiac contractility, and CK-586, a cardiac myosin inhibitor with a mechanism of action distinct from aficamten for the potential treatment of HFpEF. In 2023, Cytokinetics is celebrating its 25-year history of pioneering innovation in muscle biology and related pharmacology focused to diseases of muscle dysfunction and conditions of muscle weakness.

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Forward-Looking Statements

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