Hamburg, Germany, 31 October 2018: 
Evotec partner Facio Therapies (“Facio”) announced today that oral treatment with one of Facio’s lead candidates results in significant reduction of the human muscle-toxic DUX4 protein in mice engrafted with human FSHD-affected muscle cells. Facio is the first in the FSHD field to achieve proof of principle in an animal model (“in vivo”).

For further information, please follow this link to Facio’s full press release: https://www.facio-therapies.com/news/facio-achieves-first-ever-in-vivo-proof-of-principle-in-fshd

About Evotec and Facio Therapies 

Since 2015, Facio and Evotec have been collaborating to identify DUX4-repressing small-molecule compounds as a potential treatment to stop the progression of FSHD, a condition with substantial unmet medical need. In 2017, Evotec became a minority partner in Facio Therapies through participation in the 2017 funding round together with Australian, European and North American members of the Facioscapulohumeral dystrophy ("FSHD") community.

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