CUPERTINO, Calif., May 04, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Reviva Pharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: RVPH) (“Reviva” or the “Company”), a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company developing therapies that seek to address unmet medical needs in the areas of central nervous system (CNS), respiratory and metabolic diseases, today announced that Laxminarayan Bhat, Ph.D., Founder, President, and CEO of Reviva will be presenting at three upcoming scientific conferences to be held in May 2023.

Details for the conferences can be found below:

International Societies for Investigative Dermatology (ISID) Meeting 2023
Brilaroxazine topical liposomal-gel formulation displays efficacy in the imiquimod-induced psoriatic BALB/c mouse model
Date: May 12, 2023
Time: 6:10 – 7:40pm JST
Presenters: Laxminarayan Bhat
Location: Keio Plaza Hotel, Tokyo, Japan

American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET) 2023
Poster Presentation: CYP3A inhibition and induction exert limited effects on brilaroxazine pharmacokinetic
Date: Friday, May 19, 2023
Time: 5:00-7:00pm ET
Presenters: Laxminarayan Bhat
Location: St. Louis Union Station Hotel, St. Louis, MA, USA

Poster Presentation: Single-dose Brilaroxazine Pharmacokinetics, Metabolism, and Excretion Profile in Animals and Humans
Date: Saturday, May 20, 2023
Time: 5:00-7:00pm ET
Presenters: Laxminarayan Bhat
Location: St. Louis Union Station Hotel, St. Louis, MA, USA

American Thoracic Society (ATS) 2023
Poster Presentation: Brilaroxazine Efficacy in a Bleomycin-induced Rodent Model of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
Date: Wednesday, May 24, 2023
Time: 8:00-10:00am ET
Presenters: Laxminarayan Bhat
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington, DC, USA

About Reviva’s Lead Drug Candidate Brilaroxazine 

Brilaroxazine is a new chemical entity with potent affinity and selectivity against key serotonin and dopamine receptors implicated in schizophrenia and its comorbid symptoms. In a multinational, multicenter, double-blind Phase 2 study in 234 patients with acute schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder, brilaroxazine met its primary endpoint, reducing Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) total score and demonstrating statistically significant improvement of overall drug treatment outcomes using Clinical Global Impression (CGI) scale and for secondary endpoints evaluating social functioning, and positive and negative symptoms, and directional improvements for depression and cognition. In this completed Phase 2 study, brilaroxazine met all safety endpoints with no weight gain, no increase in blood sugar and lipids, and no cardiac or endocrine adverse effects compared to placebo. Positive data from a clinical drug-drug interaction (DDI) study investigating the potential effect of CYP3A4 enzyme on brilaroxazine in healthy subjects supports no clinically significant interaction when combined with a CYP3A4 inhibitor. A full battery of regulatory compliant toxicology and safety pharmacology studies has been completed for brilaroxazine. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has agreed to consider a potential superior safety label claim if there is a positive outcome on a relevant endpoint in a pivotal Phase 3 study in patients with schizophrenia. Reviva intends to develop brilaroxazine for other neuropsychiatric indications including bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder (MDD) and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

Additionally, brilaroxazine has shown promising efficacy for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) with mitigation of lung fibrosis and inflammation in translational animal models. Reviva believes brilaroxazine has the potential to delay disease progression in PAH and IPF and intends to develop brilaroxazine for these pulmonary indications. Brilaroxazine has already received Orphan Drug Designation by the U.S. FDA for the treatment of these conditions.

To learn more about the clinical and preclinical data available for brilaroxazine, please visit revivapharma.com/publications.

About Reviva 

Reviva is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company that discovers, develops, and seeks to commercialize next-generation therapeutics for diseases representing unmet medical needs and burdens to society, patients, and their families. Reviva’s current pipeline focuses on the central nervous system, respiratory and metabolic diseases. Reviva’s pipeline currently includes two drug candidates, brilaroxazine and RP1208. Both are new chemical entities discovered in-house. Reviva has been granted composition of matter patents for both brilaroxazine and RP1208 in the United States (U.S.), Europe, and several other countries.

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