Tectonic Therapeutic Announces US IND Clearance for Lead Program, TX45

WATERTOWN, Mass., July 30, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Tectonic Therapeutic, Inc. (NASDAQ: TECX) (Tectonic), a clinical stage biotechnology company focused on the discovery and development of therapeutic proteins and antibodies that modulate the activity of G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs), today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared its Investigational New Drug (IND) application for TX45, an Fc-relaxin fusion protein being evaluated for the treatment of patients with Group 2 PH-HFpEF. TX45 aims to address the physiological abnormalities of PH-HFpEF through its effects on both pulmonary and systemic vasodilation, cardiac diastolic dysfunction and potential remodeling in both the pulmonary vessels and cardiac muscle, which could translate into a clinically meaningful improvement in exercise capacity in these patients.

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