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Aileron Therapeutics, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company. The Company is advancing a pipeline of medicines to address unmet medical needs in orphan pulmonary and fibrosis indications. Its lead product candidate, LTI-03, is a synthetic peptide with a dual mechanism targeting alveolar epithelial cell survival as well as inhibition of profibrotic signaling. LTI-03 is being evaluated in a Phase Ib clinical trial for the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). Its second product candidate, LTI-01, is a proenzyme, or zymogen, designed to slowly activate in the pleural space and break up the scar tissue, allowing for drainage of the pleural effusion. It has completed Phase Ib and Phase IIa clinical trials for the treatment of loculated pleural effusions.