WATERTOWN, Mass., Dec. 11, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Disc Medicine, Inc. (NASDAQ:IRON), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development, and commercialization of novel treatments for patients suffering from serious hematologic diseases, today presented updated results from the phase 2 open-label BEACON study of bitopertin, an orally administered glycine transporter 1 (GlyT1) inhibitor, in patients with erythropoietic protoporphyria (EPP) as an oral presentation at the 65th ASH Annual Meeting. The updated data are consistent with and confirm the initial positive results presented in June, demonstrating significant decreases in PPIX, robust and consistent improvements in sunlight tolerance across all study measures, including the precedented pivotal endpoint, and improvements in patient quality of life.

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Disc Presents Positive Updated Results from Phase 2 BEACON Study of Bitopertin and Other Programs at the 65th American Society of Hematology (ASH)...