On January 10, 2025, Mediar Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical stage biotechnology company advancing a portfolio of first-in-class therapies designed to halt fibrosis progression, announced a global licensing agreement with Eli Lilly and Company to advance MTX-463 into a Phase 2 clinical trial for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). MTX-463 is a first-in-class human IgG1 antibody designed to neutralize WISP1-mediated fibrotic signaling in several debilitating diseases.
The WilmerHale team representing Mediar Therapeutics was led by Steven Barrett and Cynthia Mazareas and included Elese Hanson.