May 21 (Reuters) - BELLUS Health Inc BLU.TO :
* BELLUS HEALTH PRESENTS PHASE 1 DATA FOR BLU-5937, ITS LEAD PRODUCT
CANDIDATE FOR
THE TREATMENT OF REFRACTORY CHRONIC COUGH, AT THE AMERICAN THORACIC SOCIETY
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
* BELLUS HEALTH - RESULTS CONCLUSIVELY DEMONSTRATE BLU-5937 IS A
DIFFERENTIATED
PRODUCT CANDIDATE THAT HAS LITTLE TO NO IMPACT ON TASTE PERCEPTION
* BELLUS HEALTH - CLINICAL PHASE 2 STUDY TO ASSESS EFFICACY, SAFETY,
TOLERABILITY
OF BLU-5937 IN CHRONIC COUGH PATIENTS IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN MID-2019
* BELLUS HEALTH - THERE WERE NO SERIOUS ADVERSE EVENTS REPORTED, NO
SUBJECTS
WITHDREW PREMATURELY DUE TO AN ADVERSE EVENT IN PHASE 1 BLU-5937 TRIAL
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