Verrica: FDA Accepts IND Application for Potential First-in-Class Oncolytic Peptide Immunotherapy

 Company expects to initiate Phase 2 trial in basal cell carcinoma in 1Q 2022

Non-melanoma skin cancers are the most common form of cancer in the U.S., with over 5 million diagnoses each year

Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc. (“Verrica”) (Nasdaq: VRCA), a dermatology therapeutics company developing medications for skin diseases requiring medical interventions, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) has accepted the Company’s Investigational New Drug Application (“IND”) for LTX-315, a potential first-in-class oncolytic peptide, for the treatment of basal cell carcinoma. The Company expects to initiate its Phase 2 trial of LTX-315 in basal cell carcinoma in the first quarter of 2022.

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