Chinook Therapeutics Announces Upcoming Presentations and Investor Conference Call at the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) Kidney Week 2022

Updated interim data to be presented from the IgA nephropathy (IgAN) patient cohort of the atrasentan phase 2 AFFINITY basket trial Additional interim data to be presented from Cohorts 1 and 2 of the ongoing phase 1/2 study of BION-1301 in patients with IgAN Research presentations include the preclinical efficacy profile of CHK-336 and multiple abstracts detailing Chinook’s multidimensional approach to precision medicine in nephrology Chinook to host investor conference call and webcast on November 4, 2022 to review and discuss the abstracts and provide corporate updates SEATTLE, Oct. 14, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Chinook Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: KDNY), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of precision medicines for kidney diseases, today announced nine abstracts to be presented at ASN Kidney Week 2022 from November 3 – 6, 2022 in Orlando, Florida. Five abstracts will be presented as posters, one abstract will be delivered as an oral presentation and three abstracts will be presented as informational posters. Chinook will host a live conference call and webcast on Friday, November 4, 2022 at 6:30 pm EDT to review and discuss the abstracts and provide corporate updates. Members of the Chinook executive team will be joined by Sreedhar A. Mandayam, MD, MPH, MBA, FASN, Professor of Nephrology at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Baylor College of Medicine and Laura Kooienga, MD, practicing nephrologist and director of research at Colorado Kidney Care, for a discussion on Chinook’s programs. Poster Presentations TH-PO497:  Atrasentan for the Treatment of IgA Nephropathy: Interim Results from the AFFINITY StudyPresenting Author: Anjay Rastogi, M.D., Ph.D., University of California, Los AngelesSession Title: Glomerular Diseases: Clinical, Outcomes, Trials – ISession Time: Thursday, November 3rd ​at 10:00 am – 12:00 pm​ EDT FR-PO659:  Updated Interim Results of a Phase 1/2 Study of BION-1301 in Patients with IgA NephropathyPresenting Author: Jonathan Barratt, Ph.D., F.R.C.P., University of Leicester & Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, UKSession Title: Glomerular Diseases: Clinical, Outcomes, Trials – IISession Time: Friday, November 4th at ​10:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT TH-PO419: Single Nuclei RNA-seq Reveals Cell-type Specific Responses to Disease and Enalapril in the gddY Mouse Model of IgANPresenting Author: Eric Olson, Ph.D., Chinook TherapeuticsSession Title: Glomerular Diseases: Inflammation and FibrosisSession Time: Thursday, November 3rd at ​10:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT FR-PO334: Preclinical Efficacy of CHK-336: A First in Class, Liver-Targeted, Small Molecule Inhibitor of Lactate Dehydrogenase for the Treatment of Primary HyperoxaluriasPresenting Author: Jennifer Cox, Ph.D., Chinook ​TherapeuticsSession Title: Genetic Diseases: Models, Mechanisms, TreatmentsSession Time: Friday, November 4th ​at 10:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT         SA-PO1011: Unsupervised Characterization of the NURTuRE Cohort Reveals Gene Expression and Tissue Remodeling Dynamics along a Synthetic CKD Progression AxisPresenting Author: Tobias Bohnenpoll, Ph.D., Evotec SESession Title: CKD Pathobiology – IISession Time: Saturday, November 5th at ​10:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT Oral Presentation FR-OR60:  A Multi-Omics Approach to IgA Nephropathy Characterization in the NURTuRE Cohort Enables Precision-Based Treatment ApproachesPresenting Author: Eric Olson, Ph.D., Chinook TherapeuticsSession Title: Glomerular Diseases: From Bench to BedsideSession Time: Friday, November 4th at ​4:30 – 6:00 pm EDT Informational Posters INFO27:  A Phase 3, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study of Atrasentan in Patients with IgA Nephropathy – The ALIGN StudyPresenting Author: Hiddo Heerspink, Ph.D., University Medical Center Groningen, the NetherlandsSession Time: Thursday, November 3rd – Saturday, November 5th at 10:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT                 INFO31: Atrasentan in Patients with Proteinuric Glomerular Diseases – The AFFINITY StudyPresenting Author: Michelle Rheault, M.D., University of MinnesotaSession Time: Thursday, November 3rd – Saturday, November 5th at​ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT                  INFO28: A Phase 1/2 Multicenter Study to Investigate the Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of BION-1301 in Healthy Volunteers and Adults with IgA NephropathyPresenting Author: Jonathan Barratt, Ph.D., F.R.C.P., University of Leicester & Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, UKSession Time: Thursday, November 3rd – Saturday, November 5th at​ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT For more information on these and other abstracts, please visit the ASN Kidney Week 2022 website. Investor Conference Call DetailsTo access the call, please dial (800) 715-9871 (domestic) or (646) 307-1963 (international) and provide the Conference ID 7505851 to the operator. To access the live webcast and subsequent archived recording of this and other company presentations, please visit the Investors section of Chinook’s website. The archived webcast will remain available for replay on Chinook’s website for 90 days. About Chinook Therapeutics, Inc.Chinook Therapeutics, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing precision medicines for kidney diseases. Chinook’s product candidates are being investigated in rare, severe chronic kidney disorders with opportunities for well-defined clinical pathways. Chinook’s lead program is atrasentan, a phase 3 endothelin receptor antagonist for the treatment of IgA nephropathy and other proteinuric glomerular diseases. BION-1301, an anti-APRIL monoclonal antibody is being evaluated in a phase 1/2 trial for IgA nephropathy. CHK-336, an oral small molecule LDHA inhibitor for the treatment of hyperoxalurias, is being evaluated in a phase 1 healthy volunteer trial. In addition, Chinook is advancing research programs for other rare, severe chronic kidney diseases. Chinook is building its pipeline by leveraging insights in kidney single cell RNA sequencing, human-derived organoids and new translational models, to discover and develop therapeutics with differentiating mechanisms of action against key kidney disease pathways. To learn more, visit www.chinooktx.com. CONTACT: Contact:
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