Alder Biopharmaceuticals
NASDAQ:ALDRAlder BioPharmaceuticals, Inc. operates as a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company. It discovers, develops, and commercializes therapeutic antibodies to transform the treatment paradigm for patients with migraine in the United States, Australia, and Ireland. The company's lead product candidate is eptinezumab, a monoclonal antibody (mAb) inhibiting calcitonin gene-related peptide, which is in the late-stage clinical development for the prevention of migraine. It also develops ALD1910, a preclinical mAb that inhibits pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide-38 for migraine prevention; and Clazakizumab, a mAb inhibiting the pro-inflammatory cytokine interleukin-6 that has completed two Phase 2b clinical trials. The company has strategic collaboration with CSL Limited for the development of clazakizumab as a therapeutic option for solid organ transplant rejection. Alder BioPharmaceuticals, Inc. was incorporated in 2002 and is headquartered in Bothell, Washington.
Dicerna Pharmaceuticals
NASDAQ:DRNADicerna Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company, which engages in discovering, developing and commercializing medicines that are designed to leverage ribonucleic acid interference (RNAi) to selectively silence genes that cause or contribute to disease. The firm uses its proprietary GalXC RNAi technology platform to build a pipeline in these therapeutic areas. The company was founded by Douglas M. Fambrough III, Mark A. Behlke, Roberto Guerciolini, James Craig Jenson, and John J. Rossi in October 2006 and is headquartered in Lexington, MA.
Epizyme
NASDAQ:EPZMEpizyme, Inc., a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company, discovers, develops, and commercializes novel epigenetic medicines for patients with cancer and other diseases in the United States. The company offers Tazemetostat for the treatment of metastatic or locally advanced epithelioid sarcoma for adults and pediatric patients. It also develops R-CHOP in front-line patients with high risk diffuse large B-cell lymphoma; and PARP inhibitor in patients with PARPi-resistant solid tumors, such as castration-resistant prostate cancer, small cell lung cancer, and others. In addition, the company develops Tazemetostat in patients with INI1-negative tumors in adults and pediatrics; PRMT5 inhibitor for patients with solid tumors; and PRMT1 inhibitor. It has collaboration agreements with Roche Molecular Systems, Inc.; Lymphoma Academic Research Organization; Eisai Co. Ltd.; HUTCHMED (China) Limited; and Roche Sequencing Solutions, Inc. The company was incorporated in 2007 and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Gossamer Bio
NASDAQ:GOSSGossamer Bio, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, focuses on developing and commercializing seralutinib for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) in the United States. The company is developing GB002, an inhaled, small molecule, platelet-derived growth factor receptor, or PDGFR, colony-stimulatin factor 1 receptor and c-KIT inhibitor, which is in Phase 3 clinical trial for the treatment of PAH. It has license agreements with Pulmokine, Inc. to develop and commercialize GB002 and related backup compounds. The company was formerly known as FSG, Bio, Inc. and changed its name to Gossamer Bio, Inc. in 2017. Gossamer Bio, Inc. was incorporated in 2015 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.
Madrigal Pharmaceuticals
NASDAQ:MDGLMadrigal Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, focuses on the development of therapeutics for the treatment of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) in the United States. Its lead product candidate is resmetirom, a liver-directed thyroid hormone receptor beta agonist, which is in Phase 3 clinical trials for treating NASH. The company is headquartered in West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania.