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AQP - Affordable Quality Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a Garden Grove, CA-based company in the Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals, and Biotech sector.
Longboard Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Longboard) is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing novel, transformative medicines for neurological diseases. Longboard was formed in January 2020 by Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Arena) to advance a portfolio of centrally acting product candidates designed to be highly selective for specific G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). Longboard`s small molecule product candidates were discovered out of the same platform at Arena that represents a culmination of more than 20 years of GPCR research. Longboard is evaluating LP352, an oral, centrally acting, 5-hydroxytryptamine 2c receptor subtype superagonist, in development for the potential treatment of developmental and epileptic encephalopathies. Longboard is also evaluating LP143, a centrally acting, full cannabinoid type 2 receptor agonist, in development for the potential treatment of neurodegenerative diseases associated with neuroinflammation caused by microglial activation, and LP659, a centrally acting, sphingosine-1-phosphate receptor subtypes 1 and 5 modulator, in development for the potential treatment of central nervous system neuroinflammatory diseases.
KemPharm is a specialty pharmaceutical company engaged in the discovery and development of proprietary prodrugs that are designed to be improved versions of widely prescribed, approved drugs. Developing and encouraging a unique creativity, leveraged throughout the process of scientific discovery is the foundation of our corporate culture. At KemPharm we employ our Ligand Activated Therapy (LAT™) platform technology to create prodrugs that are new molecules which can improve one or more of the attributes of approved drugs, such as susceptibility to abuse, bioavailability and safety. We create new prodrugs by chemically attaching one or more molecules, or ligands, to an FDA-approved parent drug. When combined with the parent drug, our ligands create prodrugs designed to have improved drug attributes while maintaining efficacy equivalent to the parent drug. Once administered, targeted human metabolic processes, such as those in the GI tract, separate the ligand from the prodrug and release the parent drug, which can then exert its therapeutic effect. KemPharm has employed its LAT™ prodrug platform to create a diverse pipeline of prodrug therapeutics that target large market opportunities in pain, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and other central nervous system indications.
Atea Pharmaceuticals is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing therapies to address the unmet medical needs of patients with life-threatening viral diseases. Leveraging the Company`s deep understanding of antiviral drug development, nucleoside biology, and medicinal chemistry, Atea has built a proprietary nucleotide prodrug platform to develop novel product candidates to treat single stranded ribonucleic acid, or ssRNA, viruses, which are a prevalent cause of severe viral diseases. Currently, Atea is focused on the development of orally-available, potent, and selective nucleotide prodrugs for difficult-to-treat, life-threatening viral infections, including severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus that causes COVID-19, dengue virus, hepatitis C virus (HCV) and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).
Cellular Dynamics International, Inc. develops and manufactures human cells in the United States of America, Europe, Japan, and internationally. The company’s proprietary iCell Operating System comprises human cells in multiple cell types (iCell products), human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), and custom iPSCs and iCell products (MyCell products). It offers iCell Cardiomyocytes, which are purified human heart cells that beat in a dish and behave just like the heart cells found in the human body for in vitro drug discovery, toxicity testing, and chemical safety, as well as in vivo cellular therapeutics research and development, and stem cell banking; and iCell Neurons that are purified human neurons typical of the forebrain for pre-clinical drug discovery, neurotoxicity testing, and disease modeling for Alzheimer’s diseases, Parkinson’s diseases, Huntington’s diseases, and others. The company also provides iCell Endothelial cells, which are interior surface blood vessel cells for use in vascular biology research, such as angiogenesis, atherosclerosis, inflammation, and other life science research; and iCell Hepatocytes that are human liver cells for pre-clinical drug discovery, hepatotoxicity testing, disease modeling, and other life science research. In addition, it offers MyCell products for making iPSCs for stem cell banking, cell modeling of specific ethnic or disease populations, and genetic engineering for in vitro research; and media and reprogramming kits for making iPSCs for limited research use. The company serves biopharmaceutical companies, government research institutions, academic and nonprofit research institutions, contract research organizations, and stem cell banks. Cellular Dynamics International, Inc. was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin.