ATLANTA, Feb. 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Inhibikase Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: IKT) (Inhibikase), a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company developing therapeutics for Parkinson's disease and related disorders, today announced that it will present findings from its oral therapy studies for its lead agent IkT-148009 in progressive disease models of Parkinson's at the American Society of Experimental Neurotherapeutics (ASENT) 2021 Annual Meeting, being held virtually from February 22 - 25, 2021.

Inhibikase's President and Chief Executive Officer, Milton Werner, Ph.D. will describe the benefits observed following therapeutic, oral, daily administration of IkT-148009 in humanized mouse models of slowly progressive Parkinson's disease (PD). These outcomes suggest a mechanistic understanding of the role of alpha-synuclein plaques in the onset of disease.

Details for the presentation are below:

Event: American Society of Experimental Neurotherapeutics Conference
Session: Symposium on Parkinson's Disease: New Approaches
Presentation Title: Disease modification of Parkinson's Disease through oral kinase inhibitor therapy
Presentation Date: Thursday, February 25, 2021
Time: 10:20-10:40am ET

Following the presentation, there will be a live panel discussion and Q&A session from 11:00-11:15am ET.

"We are excited to share some of the preclinical results of our IkT-148009 program at the ASENT 2021 conference. C-Abl is believed to be activated by the presence of alpha-synuclein plaque within affected neurons and subsequently, chemically modifies them, which we believe is a key event initiating the disease process in PD," stated Dr. Werner. "We believe that IkT-148009, may have the potential to alter the course of PD and transform the lives of millions of patients worldwide."

IkT-148009 is intended to be a once daily oral therapy to modify the progression of PD and has demonstrated functional recovery in animal models of Parkinson's disease in the brain and gastrointestinal, or GI, tract, two major organs affected by PD in humans. IkT-148009 is currently in Phase 1 clinical trials for the treatment of PD.

About Inhibikase (www.inhibikase.com)
Inhibikase (Nasdaq: IKT) is a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company developing therapeutics for Parkinson's disease and related disorders. Inhibikase's multi-therapeutic pipeline focuses on neurodegeneration and its lead program IkT-148009, an Abelson Tyrosine Kinase (c-Abl) inhibitor, targets the treatment of Parkinson's disease inside and outside the brain. Inhibikase is currently dosing patients in its Phase I, randomized single ascending dose and multiple ascending dose in study to determine the safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics of IkT-148009 in older and healthy subjects. Inhibikase is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia with offices in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Contacts:

Company Contact:
Milton H. Werner, PhD
President & CEO
678-392-3419
info@inhibikase.com 

Investor Relations:
Alex Lobo
SternIR, Inc.
alex.lobo@sternir.com

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