ARCA biopharma
NASDAQ:ABIOARCA biopharma, Inc., a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, engages in the development and commercialization of targeted therapies for cardiovascular diseases. Its lead product candidate is Gencaro, a pharmacogenetically-targeted beta-adrenergic receptor antagonist that has completed Phase IIb trial for the treatment of atrial fibrillation in patients with heart failure. It is developing Recombinant Nematode Anticoagulant Protein c2, a protein therapeutic that is in Phase IIb clinical trial for the treatment for COVID-19. The company has a collaboration agreement with LabCorp to develop genetic test for GENETIC-AF clinical trial. ARCA biopharma, Inc. is headquartered in Westminster, Colorado.
Achieve Life Sciences
NASDAQ:ACHVAchieve Life Sciences, Inc., a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company, develops and commercializes cytisinicline for smoking cessation and nicotine addiction in Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom. The company offers cytisinicline, a plant-based alkaloid that interacts with nicotine receptors in the brain that reduce the severity of nicotine withdrawal symptoms. It has license agreements with Sopharma AD and University of Bristol. Achieve Life Sciences, Inc. is based in Vancouver, Canada.
Akers Biosciences
NASDAQ:AKERAkers Biosciences, Inc. focuses on the development of a vaccine candidate against SARS-CoV-2, a coronavirus causing a pandemic. It has a collaboration agreement with Premas Biotech PVT Ltd. The company was incorporated in 1989 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
Biomerica
NASDAQ:BMRABiomerica, Inc., a biomedical technology company, develops, patents, manufactures, and markets diagnostic and therapeutic products for the detection and/or treatment of medical conditions and diseases worldwide. The company's diagnostic test kits are used to analyze blood, urine, nasal or fecal specimens from patients in the diagnosis of various diseases, food intolerances, and other medical complications; or to measure bacteria, hormones, antibodies, antigens, or other substances which may exist in the human body, stools, or blood in extremely small concentrations. It primarily sells its products for gastrointestinal diseases, food intolerances, and various esoteric tests at the physicians' offices and over-the-counter drugstores, and hospital/clinical laboratories. The company is also developing InFoods IBS, that uses a simple blood sample to identify patient-specific foods which may alleviate irritable bowel syndrome symptoms; and H. Pylori diagnostic test that indicates if a patient is infected with the H. Pylori bacteria. In addition, it develops products to indicate if a person has been infected by COVID-19. Biomerica, Inc. was incorporated in 1971 and is headquartered in Irvine, California.