Press Releases

November 5, 2025

Afimmune to host session before and present at the 67th American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting after completing Sickle Cell Disease trial enrolment.

Dublin, Ireland, 5 November 2025: Afimmune, a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel rare disease therapeutics, today announced that enrolment has successfully completed in the first clinical trial […]
September 19, 2024

Epeleuton for Sickle Cell Disease receives key US patent grant

Dublin, Ireland, 18th September 2024 – Afimmune, a clinical stage drug discovery and development company, today announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued […]
April 19, 2024

Afimmune Announces Partnership in Sickle Cell Disease Research with Pathway to Cures

Dublin, Ireland, 19 April 2024: Afimmune announced today its collaborative partnership with Pathway to Cures (P2C) to support the development of Epeleuton as a potential therapeutic […]
November 8, 2023

Afimmune to present at the American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting after initiating recruitment in Sickle Cell Disease trial

Dublin, Ireland, 8 November 2023: Afimmune, a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel rare disease therapeutics, today announced that recruitment has commenced in the first clinical […]
September 18, 2023

Afimmune’s Epeleuton is granted both FDA Rare Pediatric Disease and Fast Track Designations for the treatment of Sickle Cell Disease

Dublin, Ireland, 18 September 2023: Afimmune, a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel rare disease therapeutics, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted […]
June 19, 2023

Afimmune joins the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America’s Collaboration of Advocates for Research, Education and Science (C.A.R.E.S.) Consortium

Dublin, Ireland, 19 June 2023: Afimmune, a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel rare disease therapeutics, today announced it has been invited to join the Sickle Cell Disease […]
June 5, 2023

Data Showing Epeleuton Reduces Endothelial Adhesion Of Red Blood Cells From Sickle Cell Disease Patients Will Be Presented At The EHA 2023 Congress

Dublin, Ireland, 5 June 2023: Afimmune, a privately held, clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, today announced that results of its investigational drug Epeleuton will be presented at the European Hematology […]
March 29, 2023

Afimmune to Host KOL Webinar on Sickle Cell Disease: The Changing Landscape and Need for New Treatments

Dublin, Ireland, 29 Mar 2023: Afimmune, a privately held, clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapeutics for the treatment of rare diseases, today announced it will host a […]
January 4, 2023

Afimmune Confirm Alignment with FDA on Planned Pivotal Trial of Epeleuton in Sickle Cell Disease Patients

Afimmune looking to initiate Pivotal study in 2023 Dublin, Ireland, 4 January 2023: Afimmune, a privately held, clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapeutics for the […]
September 19, 2022

Epeleuton receives orphan-drug designation for Sickle Cell Disease from the EMA

Dublin, Ireland, 19 September 2022: Afimmune, a privately held, clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, today announced that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has granted orphan drug designation […]
July 19, 2022

Epeleuton receives orphan-drug designation for Sickle Cell Disease from the FDA

Dublin, Ireland, 19 July 2022: Afimmune, a privately held, clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, today announced that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the United States […]
June 10, 2022

Data Showing Epeleuton As A Potential Treatment For Sickle Cell Disease Will Be Presented At The EHA 2022 Congress

Dublin, Ireland, 10 June 2022: Afimmune, a privately held, clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, today announced that results of its investigational drug Epeleuton will be presented at […]
May 13, 2022

EPELEUTON, A NOVEL SYNTHETIC SECOND GENERATION W-3 FATTY ACID, PROTECTS HUMANIZED SICKLE CELL MICE AGAINST HYPOXIA/REOXYGENATION ORGAN DAMAGE

Presentation during EHA2022: All (e)Poster presentations will be made available as of Friday, June 10, 2022 (09:00 CEST) and will be accessible for on-demand viewing until […]
August 26, 2021

Afimmune’s Epeleuton shows large decreases in viral load and pathological changes in COVID-19 study

Epeleuton decreases viral titres and SARS-CoV-2 RNA and histopathological damage in the upper and lower respiratory tract Dublin, Ireland, 26th August 2021 – Afimmune, a clinical stage drug discovery […]
December 18, 2018

Afimmune receives method of use patent allowance for Oral AF102 in the US

Dublin, Ireland, 18th December 2018 – Afimmune, a privately held clinical stage drug discovery and development company, today announced receipt of allowance for a patent application in […]