
The FDA has placed a partial clinical hold on Yumanity Therapeutics Inc's (NASDAQ:YMTX) multidose clinical trials of YTX-7739, currently being developed for Parkinson's disease.
- The FDA has not halted all clinical programming and permits the Company's planned single-dose clinical trial to proceed.
- The partial clinical hold suspends the initiation of multiple-dose clinical trials in the U.S. until the FDA's questions have been addressed.
- Related: Yumanity Therapeutics Stock Plunges After Parkinson's Trial Data.
- The Company expects to receive additional detail from the FDA within the next 30 days.
- Related content: Benzinga's Full FDA Calendar.
- YTX-7739 is Yumanity Therapeutics' proprietary lead small molecule investigational therapy designed to penetrate the blood-brain barrier and inhibit the activity of a novel target, stearoyl-CoA desaturase.
- Price Action: YMTX shares are down 20.4% at $1.95 during the market session on the last check Wednesday.