CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom and NEW YORK, June 17, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Artios Pharma Limited (Artios), a leading DNA Damage Response (DDR) company exploiting a broad DDR-based platform and small molecule drug design capabilities to develop a diverse pipeline of product candidates for the treatment of cancer, today announced the publication of a peer reviewed article titled, “Polθ inhibitors elicit BRCA-gene synthetic lethality and target PARP inhibitor resistance” in Nature Communications. Using novel small molecule tool compounds, the preclinical data generated in collaboration with researchers at the Institute for Cancer Research, London, and Cancer Research U.K., validates the Company’s approach to developing a potential first-in-class Polθ inhibitor, which demonstrated potent, selective Polθ inhibition, BRCA-gene synthetic lethality in a potentially PARP-resistant setting, and PARP inhibitor synergy.