Aileron Therapeutics, Inc. is a United States-based clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company. The Company is focused on developing and commercializing a class of therapeutics called stapled peptides. It is also developing a pipeline of stapled peptide drugs across a range of therapeutic areas, including cancer, endocrine and metabolic diseases and inflammation. The Company is advancing its lead oncology program to deliver efficacy and safety in a spectrum of solid and hematological malignancies. Its lead product candidate, ALRN-6924, targets the tumor suppressor protein p53 for the treatment of a range of cancers. The Company is conducting an ongoing Phase I clinical trial of ALRN-6924 in adult patients with solid tumors or lymphomas expressing non-mutated or wild-type p53 that are refractory to or intolerant of standard therapy. ALRN-6924 may reactivate p53-mediated cell death by targeting both of the natural p53 suppressor proteins, Mouse double minute 2 homolog (MDM2) and MDMX.
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