FDA investigational new drug application (IND) now open Clinical sites expected to open for recruitment mid-2021 NEW YORK and LONDON, April 12, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Akari Therapeutics, Plc (Nasdaq: AKTX), a biopharmaceutical company focused on innovative therapeutics to treat orphan autoimmune

Study of porcine model of blast injury and haemorrhagic shock underway with USAISR as part of the development of a clinical path for the use of nomacopan to treat trauma NEW YORK and LONDON, March 04, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Akari Therapeutics, Plc (Nasdaq: AKTX), a biopharmaceutical company

A newly published review article in the journal CELLS highlights the role LTB4 plays in the induction of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) damage and retinal inflammation in the eye. Elevated VEGF is associated with choroidal neovascularisation (CNV), the cause of wet AMD.

Building on the positive clinical and safety data from its lead drug nomacopan, Akari is developing a second related therapeutic candidate (votucalis) focusing on new clinical targets. Votucalis captures histamine and thereby has the unique potential to prevent activation of all four histamine

NEW YORK and LONDON, Jan. 06, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Akari Therapeutics, Plc (Nasdaq: AKTX), a late-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on innovative therapeutics to treat orphan autoimmune and inflammatory diseases where complement (C5) and/or leukotriene (LTB4) systems are implicated, today

Pivotal Phase III study in patients with severe dermatological condition bullous pemphigoid (BP) planned to start H1 2021 following successful U.S. Food and Drug Administration ( FDA) and European Medicines Agency (EMA) meetings earlier in the year. Phase III study in severe pediatric hematopoietic

New data accrued from 19 PNH patients treated for over 30 cumulative patient-years show that self-administered nomacopan is well-tolerated and substantially reduces transfusion dependence. Transfusion independence of 79% reported for 14 formerly transfusion dependent PNH patients treated with

New data highlight role of leukotriene B4 (LTB4) in the pathophysiology of retinal inflammation and degeneration I n the experimental allergic uveitis (EAU) disease model nomacopan reduce d Th17 effector   T cell and macrophage activity in addition to known downregulation of neutrophils Long-acting

Safety and efficacy data from Phase II clinical trial of nomacopan in adults with mild to moderate BP The Phase II data was the basis for the agreement of the FDA and the EMA that Akari may proceed to a Phase III randomised placebo - controlled study usin g nomacopan for treatment of BP Phase III

FDA clearance received to proceed with investigator- led multi-center double blind randomized clinical study in the U . S . with nomacopan following prior expanded access program Following initial proof of principle study in Brazil and subsequent Data and Safety Monitoring Board   (DSMB) review, a