aTyr Pharma to Present at the Oppenheimer Fall Healthcare Life Sciences and MedTech Summit
09/16/2021 - 04:01 PM
SAN DIEGO, Sept. 16, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- aTyr Pharma, Inc. (Nasdaq: LIFE), a biotherapeutics company engaged in the discovery and development of innovative medicines based on novel biological pathways, today announced that Sanjay S. Shukla, M.D., M.S., President and Chief Executive Officer, will present a corporate overview at the virtual Oppenheimer Fall Healthcare Life Sciences and MedTech Summit, which is being held from September 20 – 23, 2021.
The presentation will take place on Wednesday, September 22, 2021, at 3:45 p.m. ET.
In addition to the presentation, management will be available to participate in virtual one-on-one meetings with investors who are registered attendees of the conference.
Following the event, a replay of the live presentations will be available on the Investor’s section of the company’s website at www.atyrpharma.com .
Abo ut aTyr
aTyr is a biotherapeutics company engaged in the discovery and development of innovative medicines based on novel biological pathways. aTyr’s research and development efforts are concentrated on a newly discovered area of biology, the extracellular functionality and signaling pathways of tRNA synthetases. aTyr has built a global intellectual property estate directed to a potential pipeline of protein compositions derived from 20 tRNA synthetase genes and their extracellular targets. aTyr’s primary focus is ATYR1923, a clinical-stage product candidate which binds to the Neuropilin-2 receptor and is designed to down-regulate immune engagement in inflammatory lung diseases. For more information, please visit http://www.atyrpharma.com
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#4700 Ranked by Stock Gains
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Industry
Biological Product (except Diagnostic) Manufacturing
Sector
Manufacturing
Tags
Health Technology, Biotechnology, Manufacturing, Biological Product (except Diagnostic) Manufacturing
Country
US
City
San Diego
About LIFE
atyr pharma (nasdaq: life) is engaged in the discovery and clinical development of innovative medicines for patients suffering from severe rare diseases using its knowledge of physiocrine biology, a newly discovered set of physiological modulators. the company's lead candidate, resolaris™, is a first-in-class intravenous protein therapeutic for the treatment of rare myopathies with an immune component. resolaris is currently in a phase 1b/2 clinical trial in adult patients with facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (fshd); a phase 1b/2 trial in adult patients with limb girdle muscular dystrophy (lgmd) 2b or fshd; and a phase 1b/2 trial in patients with an early onset form of fshd. to protect this pipeline, atyr built an intellectual property estate comprising 70 issued or allowed patents and over 240 pending patent applications that are solely owned or exclusively licensed by atyr. atyr's key programs are currently focused on severe, rare diseases characterized by immune dysregulation
