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Pliant Therapeutics is focused on discovering, developing and commercializing breakthrough treatments for fibrotic diseases. By harnessing the therapeutic potential of integrin biology and TGF-β modulation, Pliant aims to prevent or even reverse fibrosis to address the needs of many patients. The company also aims to build a patient registry for certain areas of fibrotic disease to both increase understanding of natural disease progression, and fuel biomarker discovery. Pliant`s co-founders include world-renowned researchers from University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), who bring broad experience in fibrosis biology and small molecule chemistry. Together, the Pliant team is dedicated to translating scientific advances in fibrosis biology into novel therapies for patients in need.
Akcea Therapeutics is a development and commercialization company focused on helping patients with serious diseases. Our priority is to drive clinical program execution, understand patient and physician needs, prepare the market, create market access, and commercialize our products on a global basis. We are driven by knowing that patients depend on us. An affiliate of Ionis Pharmaceuticals and based in Kendall Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Akcea was founded with a robust portfolio of development-stage drugs covering multiple targets and disease states using advanced antisense therapeutics. Akcea is derived from the Greek word for value and worth. Something that has akcea (αξία) is not common, but precious and rare. Our name supports the value we are creating for physicians, patients and their families, and other key stakeholders as we seek to commercialize a robust portfolio of development-stage, advanced, antisense therapies for serious cardiometabolic lipid disorders. Our immediate focus is to drive our clinical programs forward through development to commercialization while building on the Isis standards of excellence.
Aktiv Pharma Group is a company that develops drug delivery technology for emergency situations, with a focus on the ARAI auto injector for opioid overdose, hypoglycemia, and severe allergies like anaphylaxis.
RSP Nutrition is a company that makes premium nutritional supplements that inspire customers to live healthy, active lifestyles and achieve their fitness goals.
Galmed Pharmaceuticals is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of Aramchol, a novel, once-daily, oral therapy for treating liver diseases utilizing its proprietary first-in-class family of synthetic fatty-acid/bile-acid conjugates, or FABACs. Aramchol is initially being developed for treating Non-Alcoholic Steato-hepatitis, or NASH, a chronic disease affecting a large population, for treating patients who also suffer from obesity and insulin resistance. Galmed Pharmaceuticals Galmed’s business has been, in its current legal structure, was incorporated in Israel on July 31, 2013 as a privately held company. However, operating since 2000 under a different group of companies established in the same year. Galmed was co-founded by Professor Tuvia Gilat and Allen Baharaff, based on Professor Gilat’s extensive research in FABAC’s and NASH.