Benzinga | Oct 27, 2020 07:53AM EDT

Hepion Pharmaceuticals To Present On Therapeutic Approaches To COVID-19 And NASH At Two Virtual Conferences On October 28 And 29, 2020

EDISON, NJ / ACCESSWIRE / October 27, 2020 / Hepion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:HEPA), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing the drug candidate, CRV431, today announced that it will present virtually at the Roth Capital Healthcare Therapeutic Approaches for COVID-19 event taking place on Wednesday, October 28, 2020 from 9:00 a.m. to 1:20 p.m. ET; and at the B. Riley Securities Virtual Liver Disease Therapeutics Day 2020 event taking place on Thursday, October 29, 2020 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. ET.

Hepion's participation in these symposia is based on the company's lead asset, CRV431, which has demonstrated a variety of therapeutic activities in preclinical models of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis ("NASH"), viral hepatitis, multi-organ fibrosis, and inflammatory lung disease, including the recent finding of in vitro anti-viral activity towards SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19.

The Roth Capital Healthcare event will discuss key therapies in development for the treatment of COVID-19. Dr. Robert Foster, Hepion's CEO, will present during the Direct Antivirals and Other Agents Against SARS-CoV-2 Virus session.

The B. Riley event will discuss exciting therapeutics' innovation across a number of orphan and large prevalence liver diseases. Dr. Foster and Dr. Stephen Harrison, Hepion's Consultant Medical Director, will present during the Novel, Earlier-Stage Anti-NASH Mechanisms Poised for a Breakout session. Dr. Harrison also will present at the event's Filling the Hole in Late-Stage Metabolic NASH Pipeline session.

"We are delighted to present at these conferences to highlight CRV431's potential as a treatment for both NASH and COVID-19," said Dr. Foster. "CRV431 is a pleiotropic cyclophilin inhibitor that has a broad range of therapeutic activity, including anti-fibrotic, anti-inflammatory and anti-viral effects. We look forward to presenting on our ongoing Phase 2 NASH program, as well as on how CRV431 has the potential to reduce antiviral activity and decrease acute lung injury in COVID-19 patients."