Blade Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing cutting-edge treatments for debilitating fibrotic and neurodegenerative diseases, today announced that Wendye Robbins, M.D., president and CEO, will participate in the “Drug Development in Pulmonary Medicine: Emerging Trends and a Review of the Unmet Need” panel discussion on Tuesday, August 9, 2022, 1:00 pm (ET), during the 2022 BTIG Biotechnology Conference, August 8 – 9, in New York City. Blade’s lead investigational medicine is cudetaxestat, a non-competitive autotaxin inhibitor with direct anti-fibrotic activity and differentiating characteristics that is expected to enter a planned phase 2 clinical trial in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

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About Blade Therapeutics

Blade Therapeutics, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing cutting-edge treatments for debilitating, incurable fibrotic and neurodegenerative diseases. The company has deep expertise in novel biological pathways – including autotaxin / LPA and calpain biology – that are foundational to cell- and tissue-damage responses associated with fibrosis and neurodegeneration. Blade’s focused approach offers the potential to produce disease-modifying, life-saving therapies. Blade expects to advance a differentiated pipeline of oral, small-molecule therapies that include a non-competitive autotaxin inhibitor and an inhibitor of dimeric calpains. Visit www.blademed.com for more information and follow Blade on LinkedIn.

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Blade Therapeutics' president/CEO Wendye Robbins to participate in “Drug Development in Pulmonary Medicine" panel discussion on Aug 9 at 1pm ET during 2022 #BTIG Biotechnology Conference in NYC.