Elritercept
Elritercept is Keros and Takeda's ligand trap for the anaemia of myelodysplastic syndromes, a relative of luspatercept, in phase 3 trials.
Overview
Keros Therapeutics designed elritercept (KER-050) to release the brake that activin-class ligands put on erythropoiesis and thrombopoiesis; Takeda licensed it in 2024 as TAK-226. Phase 2 data showed transfusion independence in lower-risk myelodysplastic syndromes including patients with ring sideroblasts, and phase 3 trials in transfusion-dependent lower-risk MDS are registered. Luspatercept is the approved comparator in the class.
Binds TGF-beta family ligands such as activin A and GDF11 that hold back red cell and platelet precursors, freeing late-stage blood cell production in ineffective haematopoiesis.
1.Elritercept binds its target.
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