GlobeNewswire Inc | Aug 23, 2021 05:00PM EDT

August 23, 2021

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Aug. 23, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cyclerion Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: CYCN), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company on a mission to develop treatments that restore cognitive function, today announced participation in the Annual Biomarkers for Alzheimers Disease Summit taking place virtually August 25-26, 2021. Chris Winrow, Ph.D., Head of Translational Medicine, will present on biomarker translation and the potential that early clinical assessment of biomarkers has to drive development of Alzheimers disease therapies, and Juli Jones, Ph.D., Head of Disease Biology, will be leading a session exploring the utilization of omics platforms in drug discovery.

Presentation Details:

Title:Exploring the Utilization of Omics Platforms in Drug DiscoveryModerator:Juli Jones Ph.D., Head of Disease Biology, Cyclerion Therapeutics, Inc.Date:Wednesday, August 25, 2021Time:4:20 p.m. ET

Title:Leading the Vanguard Early Clinical Assessment of Biomarkers to Drive Development of Alzheimers Disease TherapiesPresenter:Chris Winrow, Ph.D., Head of Translational Medicine, Cyclerion Therapeutics, Inc.Date:Thursday, August 26, 2021Time:2:30 p.m. ET followed by a live Q&A at 3:00 p.m. ET

AboutCyclerion Therapeutics

Cyclerion Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company on a mission to develop treatments that restore cognitive function. Cyclerion is advancing novel, first-in-class, CNS-penetrant, sGC stimulators that modulate a key node in a fundamental CNS signaling pathway. The multidimensional pharmacology elicited by the stimulation of sGC has the potential to impact a broad range of CNS diseases. The most advanced compound, CY6463, has shown rapid improvement in biomarkers associated with cognitive function and is currently in clinical development for Alzheimer's Disease with Vascular pathology (ADv), Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathy, Lactic Acidosis and Stroke-like episodes (MELAS), and Cognitive Impairment Associated with Schizophrenia (CIAS). Cyclerion is also advancing CY3018, a next-generation sGC stimulator.

For more information about Cyclerion, please visit https://www.cyclerion.com/and follow us on Twitter (@Cyclerion) and LinkedIn (www.linkedin.com/company/cyclerion).

InvestorsCarlo Tanzi, Ph.D.Kendall Investor Relationsctanzi@kendallir.com

MediaAmanda SellersVerge Scientific Communicationsasellers@vergescientific.com