Dynavax Technologies
NASDAQ:DVAXDynavax Technologies Corporation, a commercial stage biopharmaceutical company, focuses on developing and commercializing vaccines in the United States. It markets HEPLISAV-B, a hepatitis B vaccine for prevention of infection caused by all known subtypes of hepatitis B virus in age 18 years and older in the United States and Europe. The company also manufactures and sells CpG 1018, the adjuvant used in HEPLISAV-B. Dynavax Technologies Corporation has a collaboration agreement with Valneva Scotland Limited; Zhejiang Clover Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.; Clover Biopharmaceuticals (Hong Kong) Co., Limited; Biological E. Limited; PT Bio Farma; Medigen Vaccine Biologics; and Serum Institute of India Pvt. Ltd. The company was formerly known as Double Helix Corporation and changed its name to Dynavax Technologies Corporation in September 1996. The company was incorporated in 1996 and is headquartered in Emeryville, California.
Homology Medicines
NASDAQ:FIXXHomology Medicines, Inc., a genetic medicines company, focuses on transforming the lives of patients suffering from rare genetic diseases in the United States. The company offers proprietary platform is designed to utilize its human hematopoietic stem cell derived adeno-associated virus vectors (AAVHSCs) to deliver genetic medicines in vivo either through a nuclease-free gene editing mobility, gene therapy or for various genetic disorders. Its earlier stage product candidates comprising HMI-202, an investigational gene therapy which completed IND-enabling studies for the treatment of metachromatic leukodystrophy; and HMI-104 which completed IND-enabling studies. Homology Medicines, Inc. was incorporated in 2015 and is headquartered in Bedford, Massachusetts.
Pandion Therapeutics
NASDAQ:PANDPandion Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, develops various therapeutics to address the unmet needs of patients suffering from autoimmune diseases. Its lead product candidate is PT101, an effector module comprising an engineered variant of wild-type interleukin-2 (IL-2) fused to a protein backbone that is in Phase 1a clinical trials for the treatment of various autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. The company's other product candidates comprise PT627, a systemic PD-1 agonist that is in preclinical studies for the treatment of autoimmune diseases; PT001, a bifunctional molecule combining its PD-1 agonist effector with a tether module that binds to mucosal vascular addressing cell adhesion molecule (MAdCAM) to drive tissue-selective immunomodulation in the gastrointestinal tract; and PT002, a tethered bifunctional molecule that utilizes its IL-2 mutein effector module coupled with a MAdCAM-tether module to deliver the IL-2 mutein effector to the gastrointestinal tract where MAdCAM is expressed. It has a license and collaboration agreement with Astellas Pharma Inc. to discover and develop novel compounds for autoimmune diseases of the pancreas, including type 1 diabetes. The company was formerly known as Immunotolerance, Inc. and changed its name to Pandion Therapeutics, Inc. in June 2017. Pandion Therapeutics, Inc. was incorporated in 2016 and is headquartered in Watertown, Massachusetts.
SIGA Technologies
NASDAQ:SIGASIGA Technologies, Inc., a commercial-stage pharmaceutical company, focuses on the health security related markets in the United States. Its lead product is TPOXX, an oral formulation antiviral drug for the treatment of human smallpox disease caused by variola virus. The company was incorporated in 1995 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
Xenon Pharmaceuticals
NASDAQ:XENEXenon Pharmaceuticals Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, engages in developing therapeutics to treat patients with neurological disorders in Canada. Its clinical development pipeline includes XEN496, a Kv7 potassium channel opener that is Phase III clinical trials for the treatment of KCNQ2 developmental and epileptic encephalopathy; and XEN1101, a Kv7 potassium channel opener, which is in Phase II clinical trial for the treatment of epilepsy and other neurological disorders. The company's product candidates also comprise NBI-921352, a selective Nav1.6 sodium channel inhibitor that is in Phase II clinical trials for the treatment of SCN8A developmental and epileptic encephalopathy, and other indications, including adult focal epilepsy. It has a license and collaboration agreement with the Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. to develop treatments for epilepsy. The company was incorporated in 1996 and is headquartered in Burnaby, Canada.