June 21 (Reuters) - AstraZeneca PLC AZN.L :
* PIERIS PHARMACEUTICALS : ASTRAZENECA COMMUNICATED TO
COMPANY ITS
DECISION TO DISCONTINUE AND CEASE DOSING IN ONGOING CLINICAL
STUDIES OF ELAREKIBEP
* PIERIS PHARMACEUTICALS : DECISION BASED ON LUNG FINDINGS
FROM
NON-CLINICAL 13-WEEK GLP TOXICOLOGY STUDY WITH DRY POWDER
INHALER-FORMULATED ELAREKIBEP
* PIERIS PHARMACEUTICALS INC: ASTRAZENECA'S DECISION WAS
MADE
INDEPENDENT OF ANY DATA FROM PHASE 2A STUDY - SEC FILING
* PIERIS PHARMACEUTICALS INC: COMPANY WILL EXPEDITE A REVIEW
OF
IMPLICATIONS OF DATA AND ASTRAZENECA'S DECISION
* PIERIS: ASTRAZENECA CONCLUDED THERE WERE NO CLINICAL
OBSERVATIONS ACROSS ANY OF DOSES BUT THAT THERE WERE RESPIRATORY
TRACT PATHOLOGY FINDINGS
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