Articles from Scholar Rock
Scholar Rock Submits Biologics License Application (BLA) to the U.S. FDA for Apitegromab as a Treatment for Patients with Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA)
Scholar Rock (NASDAQSRRK), a late-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on advancing innovative treatments for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), cardiometabolic disorders, and other serious diseases where protein growth factors play a fundamental role, today announced the submission of a Biologics License Application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for apitegromab, a muscle-targeted therapy designed and developed to provide clinically meaningful improvement in motor function for people living with SMA who are receiving SMN-targeted treatments. The Company remains on track to file a Marketing Authorisation Application to the European Medicines Agency in 1Q 2025.
By Scholar Rock · Via Business Wire · January 29, 2025
Scholar Rock Announces the Appointment of Industry Leader Lisa Wyman as Chief Technical and Quality Officer and Planned Leadership Transition
Scholar Rock (NASDAQSRRK), a late-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on advancing innovative treatments for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), cardiometabolic disorders, and other serious diseases where protein growth factors play a fundamental role, announced today that Lisa Wyman has been appointed to the new role of Chief Technical and Quality Officer (CTQO) to support the Company’s ongoing growth and evolution to becoming a fully integrated biopharma company as it prepares for its first expected drug approval and commercial launch in 2025.
By Scholar Rock · Via Business Wire · January 29, 2025
Scholar Rock Reports New Employee Inducement Grants Under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4)
Scholar Rock (NASDAQ: SRRK; the “Company”), a late-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on advancing innovative treatments for spinal muscular atrophy, cardiometabolic disorders, and other serious diseases where protein growth factors play a fundamental role, today announced that the company granted inducement equity awards covering an aggregate of 48,000 shares of its common stock to three newly hired employees, consisting of inducement stock options to purchase an aggregate of 27,429 shares of common stock and inducement restricted stock units, covering an aggregate of 20,571 shares of its common stock.
By Scholar Rock · Via Business Wire · January 17, 2025
Scholar Rock Highlights 2025 Strategic Priorities
Scholar Rock (NASDAQSRRK), a late-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on advancing innovative treatments for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), cardiometabolic disorders, and other serious diseases where protein growth factors play a fundamental role, today provided recent corporate updates and highlighted upcoming priorities for 2025.
By Scholar Rock · Via Business Wire · January 8, 2025
Scholar Rock to Present at the 43rd Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference
Scholar Rock (NASDAQSRRK), a late-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on advancing innovative treatments for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), cardiometabolic disorders, and other serious diseases where protein growth factors play a fundamental role, today announced that management will present at the 43rd Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference on Tuesday, January 14, 2025, at 9:45 a.m. PT (12:45 p.m. ET).
By Scholar Rock · Via Business Wire · January 2, 2025
Scholar Rock Reports New Employee Inducement Grants Under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4)
Scholar Rock (NASDAQ: SRRK; the “Company”), a late-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on advancing innovative treatments for spinal muscular atrophy, cardiometabolic disorders, and other serious diseases where protein growth factors play a fundamental role, today announced that the company granted inducement equity awards covering an aggregate of 208,800 shares of its common stock to twelve newly hired employees, consisting of inducement stock options to purchase an aggregate of 119,312 shares of common stock and inducement restricted stock units, covering an aggregate of 89,488 shares of its common stock.
By Scholar Rock · Via Business Wire · December 13, 2024
Scholar Rock Reports New Employee Inducement Grants Under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4)
Scholar Rock (NASDAQ: SRRK; the “Company”), a late-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on advancing innovative treatments for spinal muscular atrophy, cardiometabolic disorders, and other serious diseases where protein growth factors play a fundamental role, today announced that the company granted inducement equity awards covering an aggregate of 100,500 shares of its common stock to four newly hired employees, consisting of inducement stock options to purchase an aggregate of 57,429 shares of common stock and inducement restricted stock units, covering an aggregate of 43,071 shares of its common stock.
By Scholar Rock · Via Business Wire · November 15, 2024
Scholar Rock Reports Third Quarter 2024 Financial Results and Highlights Business Progress
Scholar Rock (NASDAQSRRK), a late-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on advancing innovative treatments for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), cardiometabolic disorders, and other serious diseases where protein growth factors play a fundamental role, today reported financial results and corporate updates for the third quarter ended September 30, 2024.
By Scholar Rock · Via Business Wire · November 12, 2024
Scholar Rock to Host Conference Call to Discuss Third Quarter 2024 Financial Results and Provide Business Update on November 12, 2024
Scholar Rock (NASDAQSRRK), a late-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on advancing innovative treatments for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), cardiometabolic disorders, and other serious diseases where protein growth factors play a fundamental role, today announced that management will host a conference call to discuss its third quarter 2024 financial results and provide a business update on Tuesday, November 12, 2024, at 8:15am ET.
By Scholar Rock · Via Business Wire · November 1, 2024
Scholar Rock to Participate in Upcoming Investor Conferences
Scholar Rock (NASDAQSRRK), a late-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on advancing innovative treatments for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), cardiometabolic disorders, and other serious diseases where protein growth factors play a fundamental role, today announced that management will participate in the following upcoming investor conferences:
By Scholar Rock · Via Business Wire · October 31, 2024
Scholar Rock to Present New Clinical and Biomarker Data from the Phase 1 DRAGON Trial at the SITC 39th Annual Meeting
Scholar Rock (NASDAQSRRK), a late-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on advancing innovative treatments for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), cardiometabolic disorders, and other serious diseases where protein growth factors play a fundamental role, announced today that it will present data from the Phase 1 DRAGON trial of SRK-181, an investigational selective inhibitor of latent TGFβ1 activation, in patients with advanced solid tumors at the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) 39th Annual Meeting in Houston on November 6–10. In a poster presentation, Scholar Rock will share updated safety, efficacy, and biomarker results for SRK-181 in anti-PD-1 resistant patients with advanced solid tumors from the expansion phase (Part B) of the DRAGON trial.
By Scholar Rock · Via Business Wire · October 31, 2024
Scholar Rock Announces Closing of Full Exercise of Option to Purchase Additional Shares in Public Offering
Scholar Rock Holding Corporation (Nasdaq: SRRK), a late-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on advancing innovative treatments for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), cardiometabolic disorders, and other serious diseases where protein growth factors play a fundamental role, today announced that on October 16, 2024, the underwriters of its previously announced underwritten public offering of common stock and pre-funded warrants, which closed on October 10, 2024, exercised their option in full to purchase an additional 1,592,920 shares at the public offering price of $28.25 per share, resulting in additional gross proceeds of approximately $45 million, before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses payable by Scholar Rock. The closing of the underwriters’ exercise of their option to purchase 1,592,920 additional shares occurred on October 18, 2024.
By Scholar Rock · Via Business Wire · October 22, 2024
Scholar Rock Reports New Employee Inducement Grants Under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4)
Scholar Rock (NASDAQ: SRRK; the “Company”), a late-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on advancing innovative treatments for spinal muscular atrophy, cardiometabolic disorders, and other serious diseases where protein growth factors play a fundamental role, today announced that the company granted inducement equity awards covering an aggregate of 23,500 shares of its common stock to two newly hired employees, consisting of inducement stock options to purchase an aggregate of 13,429 shares of common stock and inducement restricted stock units, covering an aggregate of 10,071 shares of its common stock.
By Scholar Rock · Via Business Wire · October 18, 2024
Scholar Rock Announces Pricing of Upsized $300 Million Public Offering of Common Stock and Pre-Funded Warrants
Scholar Rock Holding Corporation (Nasdaq: SRRK), a late-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on advancing innovative treatments for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), cardiometabolic disorders, and other serious diseases where protein growth factors play a fundamental role, today announced the pricing of an upsized underwritten public offering of 10,265,488 shares of its common stock at a public offering price of $28.25 per share and, in lieu of common stock to investors who so choose, pre-funded warrants to purchase 353,983 shares of common stock at a public offering price of $28.2499 per pre-funded warrant, which represents the per share public offering price for the shares of common stock less the $0.0001 per share exercise price for each pre-funded warrant. All of the shares and pre-funded warrants are being offered by Scholar Rock. The offering is expected to close on October 10, 2024, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions. In addition, Scholar Rock has granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 1,592,920 shares of common stock at the public offering price, less the underwriting discounts and commissions.
By Scholar Rock · Via Business Wire · October 8, 2024
Scholar Rock Announces Proposed Public Offering of Common Stock and Pre-Funded Warrants
Scholar Rock Holding Corporation (Nasdaq: SRRK), a late-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on advancing innovative treatments for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), cardiometabolic disorders, and other serious diseases where protein growth factors play a fundamental role, today announced that it has commenced an underwritten public offering for $275 million of shares of its common stock and, in lieu of common stock to investors who so choose, pre-funded warrants to purchase shares of its common stock. All of the shares and pre-funded warrants are being offered by Scholar Rock. In addition, Scholar Rock intends to grant the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase additional shares of its common stock in an amount up to 15% of the securities offered in the public offering. The offering is subject to market and other conditions, and there can be no assurance as to whether or when the offering may be completed, or as to the actual size or terms of the offering.
By Scholar Rock · Via Business Wire · October 7, 2024
Scholar Rock Reports Apitegromab Meets Primary Endpoint in Phase 3 SAPPHIRE Study in Patients with Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA)
Scholar Rock (NASDAQSRRK), a late-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on advancing innovative treatments for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), cardiometabolic disorders, and other serious diseases where protein growth factors play a fundamental role, today announced positive topline results from the Phase 3 SAPPHIRE clinical trial (NCT05156320) evaluating the efficacy and safety of apitegromab, an investigational muscle-targeted therapy, in patients with SMA.
By Scholar Rock · Via Business Wire · October 7, 2024
Scholar Rock Reports New Employee Inducement Grants Under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4)
Scholar Rock (NASDAQ: SRRK; the “Company”), a late-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on advancing innovative treatments for spinal muscular atrophy, cardiometabolic disorders, and other serious diseases where protein growth factors play a fundamental role, today announced that the company granted inducement equity awards covering an aggregate of 407,000 shares of its common stock to three newly hired employees, consisting of inducement stock options to purchase an aggregate of 232,571 shares of common stock and inducement restricted stock units, covering an aggregate of 174,429 shares of its common stock.
By Scholar Rock · Via Business Wire · September 13, 2024
Scholar Rock Completes Enrollment in Phase 2 EMBRAZE Proof-of-Concept Trial of Apitegromab in Obesity
Scholar Rock (NASDAQSRRK), a late-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on advancing innovative treatments for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), cardiometabolic disorders, and other serious diseases where protein growth factors play a fundamental role, today announced it has completed enrollment in the Phase 2 EMBRAZE trial designed to show proof-of-concept of apitegromab, an investigational selective myostatin inhibitor antibody, to safely preserve lean muscle mass in individuals on GLP-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1 RA) therapy for obesity. Results from this trial are expected in the second quarter of 2025 and will inform the development of SRK-439, a novel, investigational selective myostatin inhibitor, which the Company plans to advance specifically for the treatment of cardiometabolic disorders, including obesity.
By Scholar Rock · Via Business Wire · September 10, 2024
Scholar Rock Appoints Beth Shafer, Ph.D., to Chief Business Officer
Scholar Rock (NASDAQSRRK), a late-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on advancing innovative treatments for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), cardiometabolic disorders, and other serious diseases where protein growth factors play a fundamental role, today announced the appointment of Beth Shafer, Ph.D., to the newly created role of Chief Business Officer. Ms. Shafer brings over 20 years of biopharmaceutical industry leadership and expertise to Scholar Rock, where she will drive the Company’s long-term corporate and business development strategy.
By Scholar Rock · Via Business Wire · September 4, 2024
Scholar Rock to Participate in Upcoming Investor Conferences
Scholar Rock (NASDAQSRRK), a late-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on advancing innovative treatments for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), cardiometabolic disorders, and other serious diseases where protein growth factors play a fundamental role, today announced that management will participate in the following upcoming investor conferences in September:
By Scholar Rock · Via Business Wire · August 29, 2024
Scholar Rock Reports New Employee Inducement Grants Under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4)
Scholar Rock (NASDAQ: SRRK; the “Company”), a late-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on advancing innovative treatments for spinal muscular atrophy, cardiometabolic disorders, and other serious diseases where protein growth factors play a fundamental role, today announced that the company granted inducement equity awards covering an aggregate of 85,200 shares of its common stock to five newly hired employees, consisting of inducement stock options to purchase an aggregate of 48,685 shares of common stock and inducement restricted stock units, covering an aggregate of 36,515 shares of its common stock.
By Scholar Rock · Via Business Wire · August 16, 2024
Scholar Rock Reports Second Quarter 2024 Financial Results and Highlights Business Progress
Scholar Rock (NASDAQSRRK), a late-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on advancing innovative treatments for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), cardiometabolic disorders, and other serious diseases where protein growth factors play a fundamental role, today reported financial results and corporate updates for the second quarter ended June 30, 2024.
By Scholar Rock · Via Business Wire · August 8, 2024
Scholar Rock to Host Conference Call to Discuss Second Quarter 2024 Financial Results and Provide Business Update on August 8, 2024
Scholar Rock (NASDAQSRRK), a late-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on advancing innovative treatments for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), cardiometabolic disorders, and other serious diseases where protein growth factors play a fundamental role, today announced that management will host a conference call to discuss its second quarter 2024 financial results and provide a business update on Thursday, August 8, 2024, at 8:15am ET.
By Scholar Rock · Via Business Wire · July 23, 2024
Scholar Rock Reports New Employee Inducement Grants Under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4)
Scholar Rock (NASDAQ: SRRK; the “Company”), a late-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on advancing innovative treatments for spinal muscular atrophy, cardiometabolic disorders, and other serious diseases where protein growth factors play a fundamental role, today announced that the company granted inducement equity awards on July 10, 2024, covering an aggregate of 285,000 shares of its common stock to two newly hired employees, consisting of inducement stock options to purchase an aggregate of 162,857 shares of common stock and inducement restricted stock units, covering an aggregate of 122,143 shares of its common stock. The company also announced that it granted inducement equity awards on July 8, 2024, covering an aggregate of 48,700 shares of its common stock to four newly hired employees, consisting of inducement stock options to purchase an aggregate of 27,829 shares of common stock and inducement restricted stock units, covering an aggregate of 20,871 shares of its common stock.
By Scholar Rock · Via Business Wire · July 12, 2024
Scholar Rock Announces New SRK-439 Preclinical Data Showing Significant Lean Mass Preservation and Attenuation of Fat Mass Rebound Following GLP-1 Receptor Agonist Withdrawal
Scholar Rock (NASDAQSRRK), a late-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on advancing innovative treatments for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), cardiometabolic disorders, and other serious diseases where protein growth factors play a fundamental role, today announced that the first participants were dosed in the Phase 2 EMBRAZE proof-of-concept trial, designed to assess the safety and efficacy of apitegromab, an investigational, highly selective myostatin inhibitor, to preserve lean muscle mass in individuals living with obesity and on background therapy of a GLP-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1 RA). The trial will also evaluate the effects of apitegromab on the durability of weight loss upon withdrawal of GLP-1 RA therapy. The results from this trial will inform the development of SRK-439, a novel investigational selective myostatin inhibitor optimized for the treatment of cardiometabolic disorders, including obesity.
By Scholar Rock · Via Business Wire · June 24, 2024
Scholar Rock Reports New Employee Inducement Grants Under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4)
Scholar Rock (NASDAQ: SRRK; the “Company”), a late-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on advancing innovative treatments for spinal muscular atrophy, cardiometabolic disorders, and other serious diseases where protein growth factors play a fundamental role, today announced that the company granted inducement equity awards covering an aggregate of 96,700 shares of its common stock to 5 newly hired employees, consisting of inducement stock options to purchase an aggregate of 55,258 shares of common stock and inducement restricted stock units, covering an aggregate of 41,442 shares of its common stock.
By Scholar Rock · Via Business Wire · June 18, 2024
Scholar Rock Presents New Data from SRK-181 Phase 1 DRAGON Trial at ASCO 2024 Annual Meeting
Scholar Rock (NASDAQSRRK), a late-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on advancing innovative treatments for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), cardiometabolic disorders, and other serious diseases where protein growth factors play a fundamental role, today announced encouraging data from its Phase 1 DRAGON proof-of-concept trial of SRK-181, a selective inhibitor of latent TGFβ1 activation, in combination with pembrolizumab in patients with advanced solid tumors. The results show encouraging responses in heavily pretreated and anti-PD-(L)1 resistant patients across multiple tumor types. Data were shared in an oral presentation during the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting on June 3 in Chicago.
By Scholar Rock · Via Business Wire · June 3, 2024
Scholar Rock to Present New Data from SRK-181 Phase 1 DRAGON Trial at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting
Scholar Rock (NASDAQSRRK), a late-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on advancing innovative treatments for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), cardiometabolic disorders, and other serious diseases where protein growth factors play a fundamental role, today announced it will present new data from its Phase 1 DRAGON proof-of-concept trial of SRK-181 in combination with pembrolizumab in patients with advanced solid tumors in an oral presentation during the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting being held May 31 – June 4 in Chicago. Those data will be discussed further during a webcast on June 4th at 7 a.m. CDT/8 a.m. EDT that includes Jing Marantz, M.D., Ph.D., Chief Medical Officer at Scholar Rock, and Dr. Toni Choueiri, M.D., Director of the Lank Center for Genitourinary (GU) Oncology at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI).
By Scholar Rock · Via Business Wire · May 28, 2024
Scholar Rock Announces Initiation of Phase 2 EMBRAZE Trial of Apitegromab in Obesity and New Preclinical Data Supporting SRK-439 in Obesity
Scholar Rock (NASDAQSRRK), a late-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on advancing innovative treatments for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), cardiometabolic disorders, and other serious diseases where protein growth factors play a fundamental role, today announced the initiation of the Phase 2 EMBRAZE proof-of-concept trial, designed to assess the safety and efficacy of apitegromab, a highly selective myostatin inhibitor, to preserve lean muscle mass in individuals living with obesity and on background therapy of a GLP-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1 RA). The results from this trial will inform the development of SRK-439, a novel investigational selective myostatin inhibitor optimized for the treatment of cardiometabolic disorders, including obesity.
By Scholar Rock · Via Business Wire · May 22, 2024
Scholar Rock to Participate in Upcoming Investor Conferences
Scholar Rock (NASDAQSRRK), a late-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on advancing innovative treatments for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), cardiometabolic disorders, and other serious diseases where protein growth factors play a fundamental role, today announced that management will participate in the following upcoming investor conferences in June:
By Scholar Rock · Via Business Wire · May 20, 2024
Scholar Rock Reports New Employee Inducement Grants Under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4)
Scholar Rock (NASDAQ: SRRK; the “Company”), a late-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on advancing innovative treatments for spinal muscular atrophy, cardiometabolic disorders, and other serious diseases where protein growth factors play a fundamental role, today announced that the company granted inducement equity awards covering an aggregate of 102,150 shares of its common stock to six newly hired employees, consisting of inducement stock options to purchase an aggregate of 58,370 shares of common stock and inducement restricted stock units, covering an aggregate of 43,780 shares of its common stock.
By Scholar Rock · Via Business Wire · May 17, 2024
Scholar Rock to Host Investor Day on May 22, 2024
Scholar Rock (NASDAQSRRK), a late-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on advancing innovative treatments for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), cardiometabolic disorders, and other serious diseases where protein growth factors play a fundamental role, today announced it will host an Investor Day on Wednesday, May 22, 2024 beginning at 8:30 a.m. ET in New York City.
By Scholar Rock · Via Business Wire · May 14, 2024
Scholar Rock Reports First Quarter 2024 Financial Results and Highlights Business Progress
Scholar Rock (NASDAQSRRK), a late-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on advancing innovative treatments for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), cardiometabolic disorders, and other serious diseases where protein growth factors play a fundamental role, today reported financial results and corporate updates for the first quarter ended March 31, 2024.
By Scholar Rock · Via Business Wire · May 7, 2024
Scholar Rock Reports New Employee Inducement Grants Under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4)
Scholar Rock (NASDAQ: SRRK; the “Company”), a late-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on advancing innovative treatments for spinal muscular atrophy, cardiometabolic disorders, and other serious diseases where protein growth factors play a fundamental role, today announced that the company granted inducement equity awards covering an aggregate of 45,000 shares of its common stock to two newly hired employees, consisting of inducement stock options to purchase an aggregate of 25,714 shares of common stock and inducement restricted stock units, covering an aggregate of 19,286 shares of its common stock.
By Scholar Rock · Via Business Wire · April 12, 2024
Scholar Rock Reports Full Year 2023 Financial Results and Highlights Business Progress
Scholar Rock (NASDAQSRRK), a late-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on advancing innovative treatments for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), cardiometabolic disorders, and other serious diseases where protein growth factors play a fundamental role, today reported financial results and corporate updates for the full year ended December 31, 2023.
By Scholar Rock · Via Business Wire · March 19, 2024
Scholar Rock to Participate in Upcoming Investor Conferences
Scholar Rock (NASDAQSRRK), a late-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on advancing innovative treatments for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), cardiometabolic disorders, and other serious diseases where protein growth factors play a fundamental role, today announced that management will participate in and attend the following upcoming investor conferences in March:
By Scholar Rock · Via Business Wire · February 28, 2024
Scholar Rock Reports New Employee Inducement Grants Under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4)
Scholar Rock (NASDAQ: SRRK; “The Company”), a late-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on advancing innovative treatments for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), cardiometabolic disorders, and other serious diseases where protein growth factors play a fundamental role, today announced that the company granted inducement equity awards covering an aggregate of 131,688 shares of its common stock to four newly hired employees, consisting of inducement stock options to purchase an aggregate of 75,250 shares of common stock and inducement restricted stock units (“RSUs”), covering an aggregate of 56,438 shares of its common stock.
By Scholar Rock · Via Business Wire · February 16, 2024
Scholar Rock Announces the Addition of Katie Peng to Its Board of Directors and Promotes Mo Qatanani, Ph.D. to Chief Scientific Officer
Scholar Rock (NASDAQSRRK), a late-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on advancing innovative treatments for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), cardiometabolic disorders, and other serious diseases where protein growth factors play a fundamental role, today announced the appointment of Katie Peng to Scholar Rock’s Board of Directors and the promotion of Mo Qatanani, Ph.D., to Chief Scientific Officer.
By Scholar Rock · Via Business Wire · February 15, 2024
Scholar Rock Presents New Preclinical Data Demonstrating Potential Benefit of SRK-439 for Healthy Weight Loss Management
Scholar Rock (NASDAQSRRK), a late-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on advancing innovative treatments for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), cardiometabolic disorders, and other serious diseases where protein growth factors play a fundamental role, today announced new preclinical data showing the potential of SRK-439 to preserve lean mass and improve metabolic health as part of healthy weight loss. These data showed that SRK-439 maintained lean mass and improved fat mass loss when used in combination with a GLP-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1 RA; in separate experiments with semaglutide and liraglutide) in diet-induced obesity (DIO) mice. SRK-439 treatment also led to incremental lowering of fasting glucose beyond the levels seen with semaglutide alone. Detailed results were presented by Melissa Fulham, PhD, of Scholar Rock, at the Keystone Symposia’s Obesity: Causes and Consequences meeting in Vancouver, BC, Canada on February 5.
By Scholar Rock · Via Business Wire · February 6, 2024
Scholar Rock Announces Presentation of New Preclinical Data Evaluating SRK-439 in Obesity at Keystone Symposia
Scholar Rock (NASDAQSRRK), a late-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on advancing innovative treatments for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), cardiometabolic disorders, and other serious diseases where protein growth factors play a fundamental role, today announced a poster presentation at the upcoming Keystone Symposia’s Obesity: Causes and Consequences meeting, to be held February 4 – 6, 2024, in Vancouver, BC, Canada. Scholar Rock will present preclinical data evaluating SRK-439 in combination with GLP-1 receptor agonists in obesity to maintain lean mass and enhance fat mass loss.
By Scholar Rock · Via Business Wire · January 25, 2024
Scholar Rock Announces FDA Clearance of IND Application to Initiate Phase 2 Proof-of-Concept Trial with Apitegromab to Treat Obesity
Scholar Rock (NASDAQSRRK) (the Company), a late-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on advancing innovative treatments for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), cardiometabolic disorders, and other serious diseases where protein growth factors play a fundamental role, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the company’s Investigational New Drug (IND) application for its Phase 2 proof-of-concept trial of apitegromab to treat obesity in patients taking a GLP-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1 RA).
By Scholar Rock · Via Business Wire · January 23, 2024
Scholar Rock Reports New Employee Inducement Grants Under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4)
Scholar Rock (NASDAQ: SRRK; “The Company”), a Phase 3, clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the treatment of serious diseases in which protein growth factors play a fundamental role, today announced that the company granted inducement equity awards covering an aggregate of 26,250 shares of its common stock to one newly hired employee, consisting of inducement stock options to purchase an aggregate of 15,000 shares of common stock and inducement restricted stock units (“RSUs”), covering an aggregate of 11,250 shares of its common stock.
By Scholar Rock · Via Business Wire · January 12, 2024
Scholar Rock to Present at the 42nd Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference
Scholar Rock (NASDAQSRRK), a Phase 3 clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the treatment of serious diseases in which protein growth factors play a fundamental role, today announced that management will present at the J.P. Morgan 42nd Annual Healthcare Conference on Tuesday, January 9, 2024, at 1:30 p.m. PT (4:30 p.m. ET).
By Scholar Rock · Via Business Wire · December 19, 2023
Scholar Rock Reports New Employee Inducement Grants Under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4)
Scholar Rock (NASDAQ: SRRK; “The Company”), a Phase 3, clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the treatment of serious diseases in which protein growth factors play a fundamental role, today announced that the company granted inducement equity awards covering an aggregate of 78,576 shares of its common stock to 6 newly hired employees, consisting of inducement stock options to purchase an aggregate of 44,900 shares of common stock and inducement restricted stock units, (“RSUs”), covering an aggregate of 33,676 shares of its common stock.
By Scholar Rock · Via Business Wire · December 15, 2023
Scholar Rock Reports New Employee Inducement Grants Under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4)
Scholar Rock (NASDAQ: SRRK; “The Company”), a Phase 3, clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the treatment of serious diseases in which protein growth factors play a fundamental role, today announced that the company granted inducement equity awards covering an aggregate of 13,125 shares of its common stock to one newly hired employee, consisting of inducement stock options to purchase an aggregate of 7,500 shares of common stock and inducement restricted stock units, (“RSUs”), covering an aggregate of 5,625 shares of its common stock.
By Scholar Rock · Via Business Wire · November 17, 2023
Scholar Rock Presents New Data from Phase 1 DRAGON Trial Showing Promising Anti-Tumor Activity in Anti-PD-1 Resistant Metastatic ccRCC Patients and Supporting SRK-181 Continued Tolerability
Scholar Rock (NASDAQSRRK), a Phase 3, clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the treatment of serious diseases in which protein growth factors play a fundamental role, today announced new data from its Phase 1 DRAGON proof-of-concept trial of SRK-181, a selective inhibitor of latent TGFβ1 activation being developed with the aim of overcoming resistance to checkpoint inhibitor therapy in patients with advanced cancer. These data will be presented in two poster presentations during the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer's (SITC) 38th Annual Meeting & Pre-Conference being held November 1 – 5th in San Diego.
By Scholar Rock · Via Business Wire · November 3, 2023
Scholar Rock to Participate in Upcoming Investor Conferences
Scholar Rock (NASDAQSRRK), a Phase 3, clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the treatment of serious diseases in which protein growth factors play a fundamental role, today announced that management will participate in the following upcoming investor conferences:
By Scholar Rock · Via Business Wire · November 2, 2023
Scholar Rock to Host Conference Call to Discuss Third Quarter 2023 Financial Results and Provide Business Update on November 7, 2023
Scholar Rock (NASDAQSRRK), a Phase 3, clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the treatment of serious diseases in which protein growth factors play a fundamental role, today announced that management will host a conference call to discuss its third quarter 2023 financial results and provide a business update on Tuesday, November 7, 2023, at 8:00 a.m. ET.
By Scholar Rock · Via Business Wire · October 23, 2023
Scholar Rock to Present Clinical and Biomarker Data from the Phase 1 DRAGON Trial at the SITC 38th Annual Meeting
Scholar Rock (NASDAQSRRK), a Phase 3 clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the treatment of serious diseases in which protein growth factors play a fundamental role, announced today that it will present data from DRAGON, a Phase 1 study of SRK-181 in patients with advanced solid tumors at the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) 38th Annual Meeting in San Diego on November 1-5. In one poster presentation, Scholar Rock will share preliminary biomarker data from Part B of the trial, and in a second poster presentation, provide safety, efficacy, and biomarker results of SRK-181 in anti-PD-1 resistant metastatic clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) patients from both Parts A and B.
By Scholar Rock · Via Business Wire · October 19, 2023
Scholar Rock to Advance Antimyostatin Program to Develop Novel Therapies for Cardiometabolic Disorders
Scholar Rock (NASDAQSRRK), a Phase 3, clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the treatment of serious diseases in which protein growth factors play a fundamental role, today announced it plans to advance SRK-439, a novel investigational myostatin inhibitor for the treatment of obesity towards an investigational new drug application (IND) submission in 2025. As part of the Company’s strategy to advance the development of SRK-439, it plans to initiate a Phase 2 proof-of-concept trial with apitegromab in combination with a GLP-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1 RA) in 2024, subject to IND acceptance. Data from the clinical trial are expected in mid-2025 and will be used to inform further clinical development of SRK-439.
By Scholar Rock · Via Business Wire · October 11, 2023
Scholar Rock Announces Completion of Enrollment for the Phase 3 SAPPHIRE Trial
Scholar Rock (NASDAQSRRK), a Phase 3 clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the treatment of serious diseases in which protein growth factors play a fundamental role, announced today that it has completed enrollment of the SAPPHIRE Phase 3 trial evaluating the safety and efficacy of apitegromab in nonambulatory patients with Types 2 and 3 spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) who are receiving SMN therapy (either nusinersen or risdiplam). The company also announced that it plans to present encore data from its Phase 2 TOPAZ trial extension period evaluating patient outcomes in SMA after 36 months of treatment with apitegromab. Efficacy and safety data at 36 months, and an analysis of patient-reported outcome measures such as fatigue, mobility, and activities of daily living, will be presented during two poster presentations at the 28th Annual Congress of the World Muscle Society from October 3 – 7 in Charleston, South Carolina, USA.
By Scholar Rock · Via Business Wire · September 19, 2023
Scholar Rock Reports New Employee Inducement Grants Under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4)
Scholar Rock (NASDAQ: SRRK; “The Company”), a Phase 3, clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the treatment of serious diseases in which protein growth factors play a fundamental role, today announced that the company granted inducement equity awards covering an aggregate of 8,750 shares of its common stock to one newly hired employee, consisting of inducement stock options to purchase an aggregate of 5,000 shares of common stock and inducement restricted stock units, (“RSUs”), covering an aggregate of 3,750 shares of its common stock.
By Scholar Rock · Via Business Wire · September 15, 2023
Scholar Rock Reports New Employee Inducement Grants Under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4)
Scholar Rock (NASDAQ: SRRK; “The Company”), a Phase 3, clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the treatment of serious diseases in which protein growth factors play a fundamental role, today announced that the company granted inducement equity awards covering an aggregate of 150,938 shares of its common stock to 8 newly hired employees, consisting of inducement stock options to purchase an aggregate of 86,250 shares of common stock and inducement restricted stock units, (“RSUs”), covering an aggregate of 64,688 shares of its common stock.
By Scholar Rock · Via Business Wire · August 18, 2023
Scholar Rock Reports Second Quarter 2023 Financial Results and Highlights Business Progress
Scholar Rock (NASDAQSRRK), a Phase 3 clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the treatment of serious diseases in which protein growth factors play a fundamental role, today reported financial results and corporate updates for the second quarter ended June 30, 2023.
By Scholar Rock · Via Business Wire · August 9, 2023
Scholar Rock Reports New Employee Inducement Grants Under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4)
Scholar Rock (NASDAQ: SRRK; “The Company”), a Phase 3, clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the treatment of serious diseases in which protein growth factors play a fundamental role, today announced that the company granted inducement equity awards covering an aggregate of 72,625 shares of its common stock to 6 newly hired employees, consisting of inducement stock options to purchase an aggregate of 41,500 shares of common stock and inducement restricted stock units, (“RSUs”), covering an aggregate of 31,125 shares of its common stock.
By Scholar Rock · Via Business Wire · July 13, 2023
Scholar Rock Reports New Employee Inducement Grants Under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4)
Scholar Rock (NASDAQ: SRRK; “The Company”), a Phase 3, clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the treatment of serious diseases in which protein growth factors play a fundamental role, today announced that the company granted inducement equity awards covering an aggregate of 216,563 shares of its common stock to 8 newly hired employees, consisting of inducement stock options to purchase an aggregate of 123,750 shares of common stock and inducement restricted stock units, (“RSUs”), covering an aggregate of 92,813 shares of its common stock.
By Scholar Rock · Via Business Wire · June 15, 2023
Scholar Rock to Present at the Jefferies Healthcare Conference
Scholar Rock (NASDAQSRRK), a Phase 3 clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the treatment of serious diseases in which protein growth factors play a fundamental role, today announced that management will present at the Jefferies Healthcare Conference on Thursday, June 8, 2023, at 3:00 p.m. ET.
By Scholar Rock · Via Business Wire · June 1, 2023
Scholar Rock Reports New Employee Inducement Grants Under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4)
Scholar Rock (NASDAQ: SRRK; “The Company”), a Phase 3, clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the treatment of serious diseases in which protein growth factors play a fundamental role, today announced that the Company granted inducement equity awards covering an aggregate of 49,176 shares of its common stock to four newly hired employees, consisting of inducement stock options to purchase an aggregate of 28,100 shares of common stock and inducement restricted stock units (“RSUs”), covering an aggregate of 21,076 shares of its common stock.
By Scholar Rock · Via Business Wire · May 10, 2023
Scholar Rock to Present New Data Evaluating Apitegromab at 36 Months from the Phase 2 TOPAZ trial at the 2023 Annual Cure SMA Conference
Scholar Rock (NASDAQSRRK), a Phase 3, clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the treatment of serious diseases in which protein growth factors play a fundamental role, announced today it will present extension data from the Phase 2 TOPAZ trial evaluating patient outcomes after 36 months of treatment with apitegromab. Apitegromab is an investigational antibody inhibiting myostatin activation by selectively binding the pro- and latent forms of myostatin and has demonstrated clinical proof of concept in spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). In two back-to-back oral presentations, Thomas O. Crawford, M.D., will present 36-month safety and efficacy data, and an analysis of patient-reported outcome measures such as fatigue, mobility, and activities of daily living at the Cure SMA Research & Clinical Care Meeting, taking place June 28-30 in Orlando, Florida.
By Scholar Rock · Via Business Wire · May 8, 2023
Scholar Rock Reports New Employee Inducement Grants Under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4)
Scholar Rock (NASDAQ: SRRK; “The Company”), a Phase 3, clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the treatment of serious diseases in which protein growth factors play a fundamental role, today announced that the Company granted inducement equity awards covering an aggregate of 83,125 shares of its common stock to five newly hired employees, consisting of inducement stock options to purchase an aggregate of 47,500 shares of common stock and inducement restricted stock units, (“RSUs”), covering an aggregate of 35,625 shares of its common stock.
By Scholar Rock · Via Business Wire · April 12, 2023
Scholar Rock Announces the Addition of Richard Brudnick to Its Board of Directors
Scholar Rock (NASDAQSRRK), a Phase 3 clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the treatment of serious diseases in which protein growth factors play a fundamental role, today announced that Richard Brudnick, has been appointed to Scholar Rock’s Board of Directors as an independent director. Mr. Brudnick is an accomplished biotechnology executive with over three decades of industry experience specializing in the corporate development of companies spanning across multiple specialties, stages and therapeutic areas.
By Scholar Rock · Via Business Wire · April 10, 2023
Scholar Rock Reports New Employee Inducement Grants Under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4)
Scholar Rock (NASDAQ: SRRK; “The Company”), a Phase 3, clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the treatment of serious diseases in which protein growth factors play a fundamental role, today announced that the company granted inducement equity awards covering an aggregate of 26,250 shares of its common stock to 1 newly hired employee, consisting of inducement stock options to purchase an aggregate of 15,000 shares of common stock and inducement restricted stock units, (“RSUs”), covering an aggregate of 11,250 shares of its common stock.
By Scholar Rock · Via Business Wire · March 15, 2023
Scholar Rock Reports Full Year 2022 Financial Results and Highlights Business Progress
Scholar Rock (NASDAQSRRK), a Phase 3 clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the treatment of serious diseases in which protein growth factors play a fundamental role, today reported financial results and corporate updates for the full year ended December 31, 2022.
By Scholar Rock · Via Business Wire · March 7, 2023
Scholar Rock to Present 24-Month Data from the Phase 2 TOPAZ trial at the 2023 Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) Clinical & Scientific Conference
Scholar Rock (NASDAQSRRK), a Phase 3, clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the treatment of serious diseases in which protein growth factors play a fundamental role, today announced it will present data from its Phase 2 TOPAZ trial extension period evaluating patient outcomes after 24 months of treatment with apitegromab, an investigational selective inhibitor of the activation of myostatin for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). An analysis of quality-of-life measures such as fatigue, mobility, and activities of daily living, which indicates consistency with motor function improvements observed in nonambulatory SMA patients, will be presented as an oral presentation by Thomas O. Crawford, M.D., at the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) Clinical & Scientific Conference on March 22.
By Scholar Rock · Via Business Wire · March 1, 2023
Scholar Rock to Present at the Cowen 43rd Annual Health Care Conference
Scholar Rock (NASDAQSRRK), a Phase 3 clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the treatment of serious diseases in which protein growth factors play a fundamental role, today announced that management will present at the Cowen 43rd Annual Health Care Conference on Tuesday, March 7, 2023, at 12:50 p.m. ET.
By Scholar Rock · Via Business Wire · February 27, 2023
Scholar Rock Reports New Employee Inducement Grants Under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4)
Scholar Rock (NASDAQ: SRRK; “The Company”), a Phase 3, clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the treatment of serious diseases in which protein growth factors play a fundamental role, today announced that the Company granted inducement equity awards covering an aggregate of 285,000 shares of its common stock to two newly hired employees, consisting of inducement stock options to purchase an aggregate of 255,000 shares of common stock and inducement restricted stock units (“RSUs”), covering an aggregate of 30,000 shares of its common stock.
By Scholar Rock · Via Business Wire · February 17, 2023
Scholar Rock Appoints Tracey M. Sacco as Chief Commercial Officer
Scholar Rock (NASDAQSRRK), a Phase 3 clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the treatment of serious diseases in which protein growth factors play a fundamental role, today announced the appointment of Tracey M. Sacco as Chief Commercial Officer. Ms. Sacco brings extensive biopharmaceutical industry experience, including product launch and global commercial strategy. At Scholar Rock, she will build and lead all commercial functions, including sales, marketing, market access, and commercial operations. Her first priority will be preparing the company for the potential commercial launch of apitegromab, the company’s Phase 3 investigational candidate for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA).
By Scholar Rock · Via Business Wire · February 6, 2023
Scholar Rock Provides Corporate Update and Highlights Priorities for 2023
Scholar Rock (NASDAQSRRK), a Phase 3 clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the treatment of serious diseases in which protein growth factors play a fundamental role, today provided recent corporate updates and highlighted upcoming priorities for its pipeline programs in 2023.
By Scholar Rock · Via Business Wire · January 9, 2023
Scholar Rock to Present at the 41st Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference
Scholar Rock (NASDAQSRRK), a Phase 3 clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the treatment of serious diseases in which protein growth factors play a fundamental role, today announced that management will present at the J.P. Morgan 41st Annual Healthcare Conference on Tuesday, January 10, 2023, at 1:30 p.m. PT (4:30 p.m. ET).
By Scholar Rock · Via Business Wire · January 3, 2023
Scholar Rock Announces New Employment Inducement Grant Under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4)
Scholar Rock (NASDAQSRRK), a Phase 3 clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the treatment of serious diseases in which protein growth factors play a fundamental role today announced that the company granted equity awards as a material inducement to an employee hired by Scholar Rock in November 2022. The award is subject to all terms and conditions and other provisions set forth in the Company’s 2022 Inducement Plan (the “Plan”) and form of stock option agreement thereunder.
By Scholar Rock · Via Business Wire · November 15, 2022
Scholar Rock Reports Third Quarter 2022 Financial Results and Highlights Business Progress
Scholar Rock (NASDAQSRRK), a Phase 3 clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the treatment of serious diseases in which protein growth factors play a fundamental role, today reported financial results and corporate updates for the third quarter ended September 30, 2022.
By Scholar Rock · Via Business Wire · November 14, 2022
Recent Phase 1 DRAGON Data Show SRK-181 Continues to be Well Tolerated with Early Indications of Efficacy
Scholar Rock (NASDAQSRRK), a Phase 3, clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the treatment of serious diseases in which protein growth factors play a fundamental role, today announced early data from its Phase 1 DRAGON proof-of-concept trial of SRK-181, a selective inhibitor of latent TGFβ1 activation being developed with the aim of overcoming resistance to checkpoint therapy in patients with advanced cancer. The data were shared in a poster presentation during the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer's (SITC) 37th Annual Meeting & Pre-Conference being held November 8-12 in Boston.
By Scholar Rock · Via Business Wire · November 10, 2022
Scholar Rock Appoints Jing L. Marantz, M.D., Ph.D., M.B.A., as Chief Medical Officer
Scholar Rock (NASDAQSRRK), a Phase 3, clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the treatment of serious diseases in which protein growth factors play a fundamental role, today announced the appointment of Jing L. Marantz, M.D., Ph.D., M.B.A., as Chief Medical Officer. Dr. Marantz is an accomplished biopharmaceutical executive with over 20 years of industry experience spanning multiple specialties, including neurology, hematology/oncology, and rare diseases.
By Scholar Rock · Via Business Wire · November 9, 2022
Scholar Rock to Participate in Upcoming Investor Conferences
Scholar Rock (NASDAQSRRK), a Phase 3 clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the treatment of serious diseases in which protein growth factors play a fundamental role, today announced that management will participate in the following upcoming investor conferences:
By Scholar Rock · Via Business Wire · November 8, 2022
New Phase 2 TOPAZ Trial Data Indicate Positive Trends in Quality-of-Life Measures Over 24 Months with Apitegromab for Nonambulatory Patients with Types 2 and 3 SMA
Scholar Rock (NASDAQSRRK), a Phase 3, clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the treatment of serious diseases in which protein growth factors play a fundamental role, today announced new quality-of-life (QoL) data from its Phase 2 TOPAZ trial extension period evaluating patient outcomes after 24 months of treatment which indicate stabilization or continued improvement with apitegromab for nonambulatory patients with Types 2 and 3 spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) receiving an SMN-targeted therapy. The data were featured in a podium presentation today by Basil Darras, M.D., Associate Neurologist-in-Chief, Boston Children’s Hospital and Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, at the 3rd International Scientific Congress on SMA in Barcelona, Spain (SMA Europe 2022).
By Scholar Rock · Via Business Wire · October 22, 2022