• Disc Medicine recently faced a two-week postponement of the U.S. FDA’s review of its rare disease candidate bitopertin, as regulators raised questions about efficacy endpoints, data integrity, and potential abuse risk.
• At the same time, the company appointed industry veteran Lisa Amaya Price as Chief Human Resources Officer, signaling an effort to strengthen its organizational backbone as it prepares for possible commercialization.
• Next, we’ll examine how the FDA’s temporary review delay for bitopertin shapes Disc Medicine’s investment narrative and longer-term risk profile.

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