Immunic Presents Positive Phase 2 Data for Vidofludimus Calcium in Progressive MS
Summary
Immunic, Inc. announced positive additional data from its Phase 2 CALLIPER trial for vidofludimus calcium in progressive multiple sclerosis, highlighting a favorable safety profile and a novel statistical analysis showing both disability improvement and slowing of progression.
Key Events
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Positive Phase 2 CALLIPER Data
Additional data from the Phase 2 CALLIPER trial for vidofludimus calcium (IMU-838) in progressive multiple sclerosis (PMS) were presented at the 2026 Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers (CMSC) Annual Meeting.
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Novel Disability Assessment
A late-breaking poster introduced a 'Novel Unified Statistical Analyses for Confirmed Disability Changes (CDC)' which integrates both confirmed disability worsening and improvement, consistently favoring vidofludimus calcium over placebo.
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Favorable Safety and Tolerability
The data showed a comparable overall adverse events profile between vidofludimus calcium and placebo, reinforcing its favorable safety and tolerability.
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Patient-Reported Outcomes
Patient-reported outcomes indicated no negative impact on mood and numerically favored vidofludimus calcium for treatment effectiveness.
Analysis
This 8-K reports the presentation of new, positive Phase 2 clinical data for Immunic's lead asset, vidofludimus calcium, in progressive multiple sclerosis. The data reinforces the drug's potential by demonstrating a favorable safety and tolerability profile, and introduces a novel statistical approach that shows both confirmed disability worsening and improvement, consistently favoring the drug over placebo. This strengthens the development path for vidofludimus calcium, which is already in Phase 3 for relapsing MS, and provides further confidence in its neuroprotective and anti-inflammatory mechanisms.
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