GlobeNewswire Inc | Apr 23, 2021 11:11PM EDT

April 24, 2021

NEW YORK, April 23, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pomerantz LLP is investigating claims on behalf of investors of BELLUS Health Inc. (BELLUS or the Company) (NASDAQ: BLU). Such investors are advised to contact Robert S. Willoughby at rswilloughby@pomlaw.com or 888-476-6529, ext. 7980.

The investigation concerns whether BELLUS Lidar and certain of its officers and/or directors have engaged in securities fraud or other unlawful business practices.

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On July 6, 2020, Bellus provided investors with an update regarding its product BLU-5937, in development as a treatment for chronic cough. Bellus announced that the drug had failed a Phase 2 study of chronic cough patients for whom other treatments had not worked. Specifically, BLU-5937 was not significantly better than a placebo at reducing the frequency at which patients coughed.

On this news, Belluss stock price fell $8.62 per share, or nearly 72%, to close at $3.40 per share on July 6, 2020.

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