Corvus Pharmaceuticals Presents Soquelitinib Preclinical Data Highlighting Potential of ITK inhibition to Treat Systemic Sclerosis at EULAR 2025 Congress

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., June 11, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Corvus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: CRVS), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, today announced preclinical data highlighting the potential of soquelitinib to treat systemic sclerosis will be presented today in a poster session at the European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology (EULAR) 2025 Congress, which is taking place June 11-14, 2025 in Barcelona. The poster will be presented by Gonçalo Boleto, M.D., MSc, a rheumatologist at Centro Académico de Medicina de Lisboa, Portugal. It was selected as a top 10 abstract by the Emerging EULAR Network (EMEUNET), a network of young rheumatologists and researchers in the field of rheumatology in Europe and beyond.

“There continues to be strong interest in the potential of ITK inhibition to provide a new approach to treating a broad range of diseases, including immune mediated fibrotic diseases such as systemic sclerosis,” said Richard A. Miller, M.D., co-founder, president and chief executive officer of Corvus. “We look forward to presenting preclinical data to the audience at EULAR demonstrating that soquelitinib, our lead ITK inhibitor, may prevent lung damage, inflammation and pulmonary hypertension caused by systemic sclerosis. While our main focus is developing soquelitinib via our registration Phase 3 trial in peripheral T cell lymphoma and Phase 1 trial in atopic dermatitis, we may explore the potential of ITK in systemic sclerosis in future clinical trials or via partnerships.”

Part of the preclinical data being presented at EULAR was at ACR Convergence 2024, the annual meeting of the American College of Rheumatology.

About Corvus Pharmaceuticals

Corvus Pharmaceuticals is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company pioneering the development of ITK inhibition as a new approach to immunotherapy for a broad range of cancer and immune diseases. The Company’s lead product candidate is soquelitinib, an investigational, oral, small molecule drug that selectively inhibits ITK. Its other clinical-stage candidates are being developed for a variety of cancer indications. For more information, visit  or follow the Company on .

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