WILMETTE, Ill., Nov. 02, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Monopar Therapeutics Inc. (“Monopar” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: MNPR), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing innovative treatments for patients with unmet medical needs, today announced that two abstracts related to ALXN1840 (tiomolibdate choline, TMC), the Company’s investigational therapy for Wilson disease, will be presented at the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) – The Liver Meeting^® 2026, taking place Nov. 5–9, 2026, at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver, Colorado.

As previously announced, Frederick K. Askari, M.D., Ph.D., will deliver an oral presentation highlighting the baseline Wilson disease characteristics from the Phase 3 FoCus trial characterizing hepatic, neurologic, and psychiatric disease burden in both treatment-naïve and treatment-experienced patients. These findings will also be available as a companion e-poster via the AASLD website.

Additionally, Professor Aftab Ala, MBBS, M.D., FRCP, Ph.D., will present a poster on molybdenum balance in patients treated with ALXN1840.

Presentation Details

Oral Presentation

Title: Residual Hepatic, Neurologic, and Psychiatric Disease Burden in Treatment-Experienced Patients with Wilson Disease: Baseline Findings from the FoCus Phase 3 Trial
Presenter: Frederick K. Askari, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Internal Medicine and Director of the Wilson Disease Program, University of Michigan Health System
Session: Mapping the Future for Liver Health: Metabolic and Genetic Disease Discoveries
Publication Number: 0198
Date and Time: Sunday, Nov. 8, 2026, 12:15 p.m. to 12:30 p.m. MT

Companion E-Poster

Availability: An e-poster of the oral presentation will be available via the AASLD website. 

Poster Presentation

Title: Neutral Molybdenum Balance and Lack of Molybdenum Toxicity in Subjects Treated with Tiomolibdate Choline Supports Safety Profile of TMC
Presenter: Professor Aftab Ala, MBBS, M.D., FRCP, Ph.D., Consultant Hepatologist, Institute of Liver Studies, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London
Session: Poster Session I: Metabolic and Genetic Disease
Publication Number: 1420
Date and Time: Thursday, Nov. 5, 2026, 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. MT

The abstracts are available on the AASLD conference website. Presentation materials will be made available in the Investors section of Monopar’s website at www.monopartx.com following each presentation.

About Wilson Disease

Wilson disease is a rare genetic disorder that affects approximately 1 in 30,000 people worldwide. Caused by mutations in the ATP7B gene, the disease impairs the body’s ability to excrete copper, resulting in toxic copper accumulation in the liver, brain, and other organs and potentially fatal outcomes if untreated.

About ALXN1840

ALXN1840 (tiomolibdate choline, TMC) is a novel first-in-class albumin tripartite complex (ATC) activator under investigation for the treatment of Wilson disease. ALXN1840 rapidly mobilizes and tightly sequesters excess copper in ATCs, suppressing its redox reactivity, limiting oxidative damage, and blocking transport across the blood–brain barrier. Clinical data demonstrate that ALXN1840 improves copper balance by increasing fecal copper excretion. In the Phase 3 pivotal trial, ALXN1840 met the primary endpoint by demonstrating rapid and sustained copper mobilization significantly greater than standard of care over 48 weeks in both previously treated and untreated patients. Durable clinical improvement and a favorable safety and tolerability profile were observed across 645 patient-years of follow-up in 266 patients.

About Monopar Therapeutics Inc.

Monopar Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company with late-stage candidate ALXN1840 for Wilson disease, and radiopharmaceutical programs including MNPR-101-Zr (Phase 1) for imaging advanced cancers along with MNPR-101-Lu (Phase 1a) and MNPR-101-Ac (late preclinical) for the treatment of advanced cancers. For more information, visit: www.monopartx.com.

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Monopar Therapeutics Inc.
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