AzurRx BioPharma, Inc., a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, focuses on the development of recombinant proteins for the treatment of gastrointestinal diseases. Its therapeutic products administer patients as oral non-systemic biologics. The company's lead therapeutic is MS1819, a recombinant lipase for the treatment of exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (for cystic fibrosis and chronic pancreatitis patients). It is also developing two clinical programs using proprietary formulations of niclosamide, a pro-inflammatory pathway inhibitor, including FW-420, for grade 1 Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor-associated colitis and diarrhea in oncology patients; and FW-1022, for COVID-19 gastrointestinal infections. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is headquartered in Delray Beach, Florida with scientific operations in Langlade, France and clinical operations in Hayward, California.
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