Vera Therapeutics to host KOL webinar on atacicept

Vera Therapeutics announced that it will host a virtual key opinion leader event featuring Jonathan Barratt, PhD, FRCP, from the University of Leicester, who, together with Vera Therapeutics management, will provide an update on atacicept’s ORIGIN Phase 2b data in IgA nephropathy. Atacicept is the Company’s potential best-in-class, disease-modifying dual inhibitor of the cytokines B lymphocyte stimulator and a proliferation-inducing ligand. ORIGIN is a multinational, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial evaluating the efficacy and safety of atacicept in patients with IgAN who continue to have persistent proteinuria and remain at high risk of disease progression despite available ACE or ARB therapy.