Vitae Rebounds With Reassuring Psoriasis Data
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
Two weeks after a stock downturn due to questions about the early closing of Phase IIa enrollment for its first-in-class psoriasis candidate, Vitae Pharmaceuticals Inc. bounced back March 16 with data showing that VTP-43742 offers both efficacy and safety at two doses in patients with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis.
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