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Ulcerative Colitis (UC)
Affects 0.4% US population(¹), 1.7 million
patients in 7MM (2), forecast $7.8bn market by
2026(3)
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A chronic, lifelong disease that causes inflammation and
ulceration of the inner lining of the colon and rectum
Efficacy - 20-40% of Moderate-severe patients do not
respond to anti-TNF (main treatment paradigm)
Safety - Treatments have many side effects from steroids
to anti-TNF and JAK inhibitors (black box warnings)
High unmet need for an alternative oral small molecule
treatment option with improved safety profile and efficacy
in treatment of refractory patients
64%
Mild-
moderate
Ulcerative Colitis
31%
Moderate-
severe
5%
Severe-
fulminant
Source (1) and (2):GlobalData: Ulcerative Colitis, Global Drug Forecast and Market Analysis to 2026; (3)Evaluate
Pharma: Gastro-intestinal, Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), Ulcerative colitis, Worldwide Overview (report 17th
Sep 2021)
BEN-8744: Best-in-class, oral, peripherally
restricted potent and selective drug for the
treatment of Moderate-Severe Ulcerative Colitis
• Phosphodiesterase 10 (PDE10) was identified by our
TargetID platform as an entirely novel target for the
treatment of UC/IBD
• Using our Molecular Design expertise we optimally
designed a best in class peripherally restricted PDE10
inhibitor: BEN-8744
● BEN-8744 is expected to provide an efficacious disease
modifying oral treatment for UC/IBD
BEN-8744 will target Moderate and Severe UC/IBD
patients, meeting the unmet need left by existing
therapies including:
Patients refractory to anti-TNFS or other biologics
Improved safety and tolerability profile compared
to competitors
O A Precision Medicine approach to target key
responder patient cohorts, avoiding the safety risks
associated with ineffective therapies
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