PureTech Announces Publication of Research from Collaborators Demonstrating PureTech's Glyphâ„¢ Platform Enhances Oral Absorption of Buprenorphine (a Clinically-Validated Opioid Replacement Therapy)

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Apr 12, 2022

PureTech+Health+plc (Nasdaq: PRTC, LSE: PRTC) ("PureTech" or the "Company"), a clinical-stage biotherapeutics company dedicated to discovering, developing and commercializing highly differentiated medicines for devastating diseases, today announced the publication of preclinical proof-of-concept demonstrating that PureTech’s Glyph platform can enhance the oral bioavailability of buprenorphine (BUP), a clinically-validated opioid replacement therapy, further expanding the range of clinically-validated drug classes shown to be amenable to the Glyph technology. The paper, published in %3Ci%3EFrontiers+in+Pharmacology%3C%2Fi%3E%3Csup%3E1%3C%2Fsup%3E, applies the Glyph technology to BUP, a potent analgesic that is widely used for severe pain management and opioid replacement therapy but is not currently available in an ingestible oral dosage form due to poor oral bioavailability. In preclinical models, the researchers observed increases in bioavailability of up to 20-fold and statistically significant increases in lymphatic transport.