Nocion Therapeutics Announces $62 Million Series B Financing
WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nocion Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel small molecule charged sodium channel blockers, called nocions, that selectively affect actively firing nociceptors for the treatment of serious conditions involving cough, itch, and pain, announced today that the first ten participants have been dosed in the company’s Phase 2a study of an inhaled form of NTX-1175. Nocion’s first-in-class proprietary molecule is being developed as a treatment for cough indications including Chronic Cough. Part 1 of the Phase 2a study is designed to assess the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of NTX-1175 in approximately 40 adult participants with refractory or unexplained Chronic Cough and is enrolling in the UK and Germany.