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WALTHAM, Mass., Feb. 01, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Aileron Therapeutics, Inc. (“Aileron”) (NASDAQ: ALRN), a biopharmaceutical company advancing a novel pipeline of first-in-class medicines to address significant unmet medical needs in orphan pulmonary and fibrosis indications, today announced that it will host a virtual key opinion leader event titled, “Clinical Perspectives on Treating Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis” on Thursday, February 15, 2024, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. ET.

Aileron management will be joined by pulmonary care medicine experts including:

• Fernando J. Martinez, M.D., M.S., Chief of the Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Division at Weill Cornell Medicine
• Tejaswini Kulkarni, M.D., M.P.H., Associate Professor of Pulmonology, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine and Director of the Interstitial Lung Disease Program at University of Alabama at Birmingham Medicine
• Andreas Günther, M.D., Senior Physician of Pulmonology and Intensive Care Medicine and Chief Physician of Pulmonology and Internal Intensive Care Medicine at Agaplesion Evang. Central Hesse Hospital; Professor of Interstitial and Rare Lung Diseases at Justus Liebig University
  

The event will include a panel discussion of emerging therapies including LTI-03, Aileron’s novel Caveolin-1-related peptide with a dual mechanism targeting alveolar epithelial cell survival and inhibition of profibrotic signaling, followed by a question-and-answer panel with the physicians.

To access the event, please dial +1 646-876-9923 (domestic) or +44 208-080-6591 (international) and reference webinar ID: 953 9620 1729 and passcode: 554257 when prompted by the operator. A live webcast of the event can be accessed at https://investors.aileronrx.com/events-presentations/investor-events. A replay of the webcast will be available following the completion of the event.

About Aileron Therapeutics

Aileron Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company advancing a novel pipeline of first-in-class medicines to address significant unmet medical needs in orphan pulmonary and fibrosis indications. Aileron's lead product candidate, LTI-03, is a novel, synthetic peptide with a dual mechanism targeting alveolar epithelial cell survival as well as inhibition of profibrotic signaling. Currently, LTI-03 is being evaluated in a Phase 1b clinical trial for the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, with topline results expected to be reported by the end of 2Q24. Aileron's second product candidate, LTI-01, is a proenzyme that has completed Phase 1b and Phase 2a clinical trials for the treatment of loculated pleural effusions. LTI-01 has received Orphan Drug Designation in the US and EU and Fast Track Designation in the US.

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