Aratana Therapeutics Reports Positive Pilot Field Study of AT-002 in Cats

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Aratana Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: PETX), a pet therapeutics company focused on the licensing, development and commercialization of innovative biopharmaceutical products for companion animals, today announced the positive results of a pilot field study of AT-002 (capromorelin) in cats. Capromorelin is a small molecule that mimics ghrelin, the naturally occurring hormone that stimulates appetite, increases body weight and increases serum growth hormone levels.The multi-site, placebo-controlled, pilot field study of approximately 40 cats measured weight gain/loss in cats with chronic kidney disease and documented weight loss who received AT-002 at a dose of 2 mg/kg compared to cats that received placebo treatment. Both groups were treated orally once daily for 90±3 days. AT-002 treated cats had statistically significant increases in body weight compared to placebo after 90 days (p

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