Jasper Therapeutics announces briquilimab development program in asthma

Jasper Therapeutics announced the expansion of its mast cell development portfolio with a Phase 1b/2a study evaluating briquilimab in asthma patients that is expected to begin enrolling in the fourth quarter of 2024. The Company will host a KOL webinar on the potential of briquilimab in asthma on May 20, 2024, at 8:00 a.m. EDT. The event will feature Professor Joshua Boyce, M.D., who will discuss the current treatment landscape and unmet medical need for patients suffering from asthma, as well as the potential of briquilimab as a therapeutic option. Jasper’s leadership team will also provide an overview of the role of the mast cell in asthma, the preclinical data supporting development of briquilimab in asthma, as well as the plans for clinical development of briquilimab in asthma. Joshua Boyce is the Albert L. Sheffer Professor of Medicine in the Field of Allergic Diseases at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts, the Chief of the Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the Director of the Jeff and Penny Vinik Center for Allergic Disease Research.