Arena Pharmaceuticals
NASDAQ:ARNAArena Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, focuses on providing novel medicines with pharmacology and pharmacokinetics to patients worldwide. The company's investigational clinical programs include Etrasimod (APD334) that is in Phase III clinical trial for ulcerative colitis, Phase IIb/III clinical trial for Crohn's disease, Phase II clinical trial for alopecia areata, Phase III clinical trial for atopic dermatitis, and Phase IIb clinical trial for eosinophilic esophagitis; Olorinab (APD371), which is in Phase IIb clinical trial for the treatment of abdominal pain associated with irritable bowel syndrome; APD418 that is in Phase II clinical trial for acute heart failure; and Temanogrel for coronary microvascular obstruction that is in Phase II clinical trial. It also develops ralinepag (APD811), which is in Phase III clinical trial for pulmonary arterial hypertension. The company has collaboration agreements with United Therapeutics Corporation; Everest Medicines Limited; Eisai Co., Ltd. and Eisai Inc.; Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH; Beacon Discovery, Inc.; and Aristea Therapeutics, Inc. Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. was incorporated in 1997 and is based in Park City, Utah. As of March 11, 2022, Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Pfizer Inc.
Aurinia Pharmaceuticals
NASDAQ:AUPHAurinia Pharmaceuticals Inc., a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company, focuses on developing and commercializing therapies to treat various diseases with unmet medical need in the United States. It offers LUPKYNIS for the treatment of adult patients with active lupus nephritis. It has a collaboration and license agreement with Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. The company was incorporated in 1993 and is headquartered in Edmonton, Canada.
Ra Pharmaceuticals
NASDAQ:RARXRa Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, develops therapeutics for the treatment of diseases caused by excessive or uncontrolled activation of the complement system. The company's peptide chemistry platform enables the production of synthetic macrocyclic peptides that combine the diversity and specificity of antibodies with the pharmacological properties of small molecules. Its lead product candidate is Zilucoplan, an injection into the tissue under the skin that has completed Phase II clinical trial for the treatment of generalized myasthenia gravis (gMG); has completed Phase II clinical trial for treating paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH); and has completed Phase Ib clinical trial to treat patients with renal impairment. The company's pre-clinical programs include Factor D inhibition for treating C3 glomerulonephritis and dense deposit disease; and inhibitors of other complement factors for renal, autoimmune, and central nervous system diseases. It has collaboration and license agreement with Merck & Co., Inc. to identify orally available cyclic peptides for non-complement program targets, and provide research and development services. Ra Pharmaceuticals, Inc. was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Synthorx
NASDAQ:THORSynthorx, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, focuses on the development of cytokine Synthorin programs for the treatment of cancer and autoimmune disorders in the United States. The company's lead product candidate is THOR-707, a variant of recombinant human IL-2 that is in the development in various solid tumor types as a single agent and in combination with an immune checkpoint inhibitor. It also develops IL-2 Synthorin for autoimmune indications; IL-10 Synthorin, a naturally occurring immune cell growth factor in humans for the treatment of immuno-oncology (IO); and IL-15 Synthorins, an immunoregulatory cytokine to treat IO. In addition, the company develops other Synthorin programs targeting undisclosed cytokines that play critical roles in the orchestration of anti-tumor responses by innate and adaptive immune cells. The company was formerly known as Alinos, Inc. and changed its name to Synthorx, Inc. in March 2014. Synthorx, Inc. was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in La Jolla, California.
Turning Point Therapeutics
NASDAQ:TPTXTurning Point Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical-stage precision oncology biopharmaceutical company, engages in designing and developing therapies that target genetic drivers of cancer. It develops a pipeline of tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) that targets genetic drivers of cancer in TKI-naïve and TKI-pretreated patients. The company's lead drug candidate repotrectinib is being evaluated in an ongoing Phase 1/2 trial called TRIDENT-1 for the treatment of patients with ROS1+ advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and patients with ROS1+ and NTRK+ advanced solid tumors. It also develops TPX-0022, a MET/SRC/CSF1R inhibitor, which is in Phase 1 SHIELD-1 clinical trial for patients with advanced solid tumors harboring genetic alterations in MET; TPX-0046, a RET inhibitor that is in 1/2 SWORD-1 clinical trial for patients with advanced solid tumors harboring RET genetic alterations; and TPX-0131, an ALK inhibitor, which is in Phase 1/2 FORGE-1 study for patient with advanced or metastatic TKI-pretreated ALK-positive NSCLC. Turning Point Therapeutics, Inc. was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.