Achillion Pharmaceuticals
NASDAQ:ACHNAchillion Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, discovers, develops, and commercializes small molecule drug therapies for immune system disorders. Its lead drug candidate is ACH-4471, an inhibitor of factor D that is Phase II clinical trials for patients with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) and C3 glomerulopathy/immune complex membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis. The company is also developing ACH-5228, a factor D inhibitor that is in Phase I clinical trials; and ACH-5548, a factor D inhibitor, which is in Phase I clinical trials for the treatment of PNH and other complement mediated diseases. It has license agreements with Ora, Inc. for the development and commercialization of ACH-702; and GCA Therapeutics, Ltd for elvucitabine, a nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor for the treatment of hepatitis B infection and human immunodeficiency virus infection. The company was founded in 1998 and is based in New Haven, Connecticut.
Merrimack Pharmaceuticals
NASDAQ:MACKMerrimack Pharmaceuticals, Inc. operates as a biopharmaceutical company in the United States. The company was incorporated in 1993 and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Molecular Templates
NASDAQ:MTEMMolecular Templates, Inc., a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, focuses on the discovery and development of biologic therapeutics for the treatment of cancer and other serious diseases in the United States. The company primarily develops therapies through its proprietary biologic engineered toxin body (ETB) drug platform. The company is developing MT- 8421, an ETB candidate that is in Phase I clinical trial for the treatment of dismantling TME through direct cell-kill of tumor and immune cell; MT-0169, which is in Phase I clinical trial to treat relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma; and MT-6402 in that is in Phase I clinical trial for relapsed/refractory patients with PD-L1 expressing tumors. The company has a collaboration agreement with Bristol Myers Squibb to discover and develop novel products containing ETBs directed to multiple targets. Molecular Templates, Inc. was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.
Regulus Therapeutics
NASDAQ:RGLSRegulus Therapeutics Inc., a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, focuses on discovery and development of drugs that targets microRNAs to treat a range of diseases in the United States. Its product candidates include RG-012, an anti-miR targeting miR-21 that is in Phase II clinical trial for the treatment of Alport syndrome, a life-threatening kidney disease; and RGLS8429, an anti-miR targeting miR-17, which is in Phase 1b clinical study for the treatment of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease. The company is also developing a pipeline of preclinical drug products for target organ-selective delivery strategies. Regulus Therapeutics Inc. was incorporated in 2007 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.