Pasithea Therapeutics announces $1M award by ALS Association

Pasithea Therapeutics (KTTA) announced that the ALS Association has awarded a Hoffman ALS Clinical Trial Award grant worth ~$1 million to study PAS-004 in ALS patients. The award was given to study the “Efficacy, safety and tolerability of PAS-004 for the treatment of ALS”. “We are honored that the ALS Association recognizes the promise of PAS-004,” said Dr. Lawrence Steinman, Chairman of Pasithea. “Its support enables the initiation of the first clinical trial of PAS-004 in individuals living with ALS, which is a significant milestone for Pasithea as we look to provide proof-of-concept that PAS-004 may be the best-in-class MEK inhibitor for the treatment of many indications. I am delighted to continue working on the development of potentially effective treatments for ALS. PAS-004 targets a critical molecule in the pathophysiology of motor neuron disease and has delivered significant and promising results in the ALS gold standard SOD mouse model. PAS-004, already in the clinic for neurofibromatosis and advanced cancers, is showing a promising safety profile and initial monotherapy efficacy signal. We are excited for PAS-004 to enter the clinic for ALS, a disease in great need of advances in therapy.”