MIAMI, June 11, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pasithea Therapeutics Corp. (NASDAQ: KTTA) (“Pasithea” or the “Company”), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing PAS-004, a next-generation macrocyclic MEK inhibitor, today announced the appointment of Dr. James Lee to its scientific advisory board (SAB) to help guide development of PAS-004 for the treatment of ETS2 pathway inflammatory diseases including inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, primary sclerosing cholangitis and ankylosing spondylitis. Dr. Lee is the lead author on a 2024 Nature publication that identified ETS2 as a central regulator of macrophage-driven inflammation in IBD and other indications, and also identified that MEK inhibitors are the drug class that most effectively suppress ETS2-driven inflammation.
PAS-004 shows early signs of efficacy and strong tolerability in Phase 1 cancer trial, with tumor reductions and disease stability in pre-treated patients
Pasithea Therapeutics (Nasdaq: KTTA) closes $5M public offering, adds $1.3M via warrant exercises, funding R&D for PAS-004 and other biotech innovations.
Pasithea Therapeutics (Nasdaq: KTTA) prices $5M public offering to fund clinical trials, R&D, and corporate initiatives; closing expected May 7, 2025.
MIAMI, April 24, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pasithea Therapeutics Corp. (NASDAQ: KTTA) (“Pasithea” or the “Company”), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing PAS-004, a next-generation macrocyclic MEK inhibitor, for the treatment of neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) and other MAPK pathway driven indications, today announced the acceptance of an abstract for a poster prenstation at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO) taking place May 30 – June 3, 2025, in Chicago, Illinois. The Company will present updated interim clinical data from its onging Phase 1 clinical trial of PAS-004 in patients with MAPK pathway driven advanced solid tumors.
Pasithea's PAS-004 Phase 1 trial advances to 22mg dose with no DLTs or rash, reinforcing its safety profile as a next-gen MEK inhibitor for NF1 and cancer.
-- Interim data from Cohort 4 expected Q1 2025 -- MIAMI, Jan. 14, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pasithea Therapeutics Corp. (NASDAQ: KTTA) (“Pasithea” or the “Company”), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing PAS-004, a next-generation macrocyclic MEK inhibitor, for the treatment of neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) and other cancer indications, today announced it has opened three clinical trial sites in Eastern Europe. These sites in Romania and Bulgaria are actively recruiting patients along with the four open sites in the United States, for Pasithea's PAS-004 Phase 1 trial.
MIAMI, Sept. 26, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pasithea Therapeutics Corp. (NASDAQ: KTTA) (“Pasithea” or the “Company”), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing PAS-004, a next-generation macrocyclic MEK inhibitor, for the treatment of neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) and other cancer indications, today announced that it has entered into definitive agreements for the issuance and sale of an aggregate of 1,219,513 shares of its common stock (or pre-funded warrants in lieu thereof), accompanying Series A warrants to purchase up to 1,219,513 shares of common stock and accompanying short-term Series B warrants to purchase up to 1,219,513 shares of common stock at a purchase price of $4.10 per share (or per pre-funded warrant in lieu thereof) and accompanying warrants in a private placement priced at-the-market under the rules of the Nasdaq Stock Market. The Series A and the short-term Series B warrants will have an exercise price of $3.85 per share and will be exercisable immediately upon issuance. The Series A warrants will expire five years from the issuance date and the short-term Series B warrants will expire 18 months from the issuance date. The closing of the offering is expected to occur on or about September 30, 2024, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.
On Thursday, Pasithea Therapeutics Corp. KTTA announced safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetic (PK), and preliminary efficacy data from the first 2 cohorts of patients (n=6) in its Phase 1 trial of PAS-004 in patients with MAPK pathway-driven advanced solid tumors with a documented RAS, NF1 or RAF mutation or patients who have failed BRAF/MEK inhibition.
Pasithea completes chronic toxicity studies for PAS-004, showing safety and potential for long-term use in NF1 and cancer treatment; Phase 1 trial ongoing
Pasithea Tx appoints Dr. Rebecca Brown, an expert in Neurofibromatosis and Director at Mount Sinai, to its Scientific Advisory Board to aid in PAS-004.
Pasithea to present preclinical data at ASCO 2024 showing PAS-004 superior inhibition of NRAS cancer cells and xenograft tumors compared to current MEKi's