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Atticus in the News

Atticus Pharma is a therapeutics company developing drugs for immunodermatology and associated diseases. Our two initial programs are for the treatment of cutaneous lupus lesions and androgenic alopecia. Atticus licensed from Zylö Therapeutics the Z-pod® sustained-release technology that originated at Albert Einstein College of Medicine that was further developed at Zylö. The technology provides a depot-like effect and enables delivery of therapeutic agents (small molecules, peptides, siRNA) in a sustained-release manner. Some of the news items listed below were issued by Zylö prior to the license being forged, but relate to Atticus and its various programs.

Atticus Pharma Announces Late-Breaking Presentation of Collaborative Research at the 82nd Annual SID 2025

GREENVILLE, SC, UNITED STATES, May 5, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Atticus Pharma Inc, a therapeutics company focused on  immunodermatology and associated conditions, today announced the presentation of pre-clinical results in a novel murine model of cutaneous lupus. The poster presentation, co-authored by researchers from University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, the Philadelphia VA Medical Center, Zylo Therapeutics and Atticus Pharma, will be made at the 2025 Annual Meeting of the Society for Investigational  Dermatology, taking place May 7-10, in San Diego, California.


The presentation highlights collaborative research contributing to Atticus’s ATC-001 product candidate for cutaneous lupus erythematosus, now entering IND-enabling studies, with preclinical models and expertise from the University of Pennsylvania and the Philadelphia VAMC and under the guidance of Victoria Werth, M.D.

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SID 2025 Presentation Details
• Poster Number: LB1261
• Title: Therapeutic effects of nano-encapsulated anandamide on skin inflammation in a novel PD-1H knock-out lupus mouse model
• Date: Thursday May 8, 2025
• Time: 4:30 – 6:00 p.m. PST
• Location: Hilton San Diego Bayfront, San Diego, California (Indigo Ballroom & Foyer – Floor Level 2)

Atticus Initiates Clinical Study for ATC-002 in Androgenic Alopecia

GREENVILLE - (EIN Presswire) - April 14, 2025. Atticus Pharma Inc, a therapeutics company focused on immunodermatology and associated conditions, today announced the initiation of a human clinical study of ATC-002 in androgenic alopecia. ATC-002 is a proprietary product candidate that delivers a mitochondrial-activating molecule using Atticus’s Z-pod sustained-release technology. Several subjects have been screened and have received ATC-002.

School Supplies

Atticus accepted into NYU's Endless Frontier Labs [EFL] Mentorship Program

Only 78 of over 1,400 applicants accepted into this prestigious program that is designed to optimize each startup’s chance of scaling into a successful company.

Molecules

AEA-loaded Z-pods® demonstrated compelling results in various in vivo lupus studies, according to article published in respected peer-reviewed journal 

 

The Z-pod technology demonstrated significantly better results than AEA without Z-pods.

Holding a Capsule

 $300K NIH Grant Awarded to Advance Anandamide-Loaded Z-pods to Treat Cutaneous Lupus

 

This grant is in collaboration with Victoria Werth MD, Professor of Dermatology at U. of Pennsylvania, one of the foremost lupus authorities 

Pink Sand

$260,000 NIH Grant Awarded to Create "Topical Viagra®" 

 

This grant is in collaboration with Kelvin Davies Ph.D., Professor of Urology at Einstein College of Medicine

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