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MicuRx mission is to discover and develop safer and more convenient antibiotics to combat drug-resistant bacterial infections. Multi-drug resistant (MDR) infections represent a major global threat to the public health, routinely forcing the use of antibiotics with high incidence of adverse effects. To combat resistant infections, physicians may increase dosing of antibiotics, or resort to less safe agents, pushing the safety envelope. Thus, healthcare providers and regulatory agencies increasingly face a difficult choice of balancing the risk of infection against unacceptably high adverse event rates from an effective but relatively toxic antibiotic. For example, in July 2016, FDA imposed a new labeling warning on the toxicity of fluoroquinolones, further restricting the use of this essential class, exemplified by anti-pseudomonal agent ciprofloxacin. Anti-MRSA agent linezolid (Zyvox®) is often used beyond its approved 14-day therapy, resulting in several myelosuppression-associated adverse effects listed in the black box warning for this important drug. MicuRx is addressing the critical need for effective but safer therapeutics by designing novel new compounds with reduced toxicity and adverse events while maintaining excellent clinical efficacy.
Roivant Sciences is a global healthcare company focused on realizing the full value of promising biomedical research to improve the lives of patients and their families. Roivant`s mission is to reduce the time and cost of developing new medicines for patients and to share those savings with the broader healthcare system. Roivant is a unique biopharmaceutical company with world-class drug development experts working across multiple clinical and functional areas. We deliver R&D solutions to our partners in the biopharmaceutical industry, helping them unlock value from their pipelines by completing the clinical development of promising drug candidates. Our pipeline spans multiple therapeutic areas through partnerships with academic institutions and pharmaceutical companies, including Takeda, Merck, GlaxoSmithKline, Vertex, Eisai, Arena Pharmaceuticals, Portola Pharmaceutcals, Duke University, and Cincinnati Children`s Hospital Medical Center.
Arrowhead Research Corporation is a biopharmaceutical company developing targeted RNAi therapeutics. The company is leveraging its proprietary Dynamic Polyconjugate delivery platform to develop targeted drugs based on the RNA interference mechanism that efficiently silences disease-causing genes. Arrowhead`s pipeline includes ARC-520 for chronic hepatitis B virus, ARC-AAT for liver disease associated with Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, and partner-based programs in obesity and oncology.
Premera is a Mountlake Terrace, WA-based company in the Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals, and Biotech sector.
Boston BioCom is a Boston, MA-based company in the Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals, and Biotech sector.