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First patient dosed in U.K. in Phase II IMAGO Study; Phase II ITCH Study to start in U.S.

Cooperative Research and Development Agreement established with the National Institutes of Health and the Childhood Liver Disease Research and Education Network (ChiLDREN)

SAN DIEGO – September 26, 2013 – Lumena Pharmaceuticals, a company developing oral therapeutics for rare liver diseases, today announced the initiation of a global clinical program to evaluate its drug candidate LUM001 in children with Alagille syndrome (ALGS). The first patient has been dosed in the IMAGO Phase II study being conducted in the U.K., and enrollment of pediatric patients is expected to begin later this year in the ITCH Phase II study in the U.S.