CTOs on the Move

Contrafect

www.contrafect.com

 
ContraFect is a biotechnology company focused on discovering and developing therapeutic protein and antibody products for life-threatening, drug-resistant infectious diseases, particularly those treated in hospital settings. Due to drug-resistant and newly emerging pathogens, hospital acquired infections are currently the fourth leading cause of death in the United States, following heart disease, cancer and stroke. We intend to address drug-resistant infections using our therapeutic product candidates from our lysin and monoclonal antibody platforms to target conserved regions of either bacteria or viruses (regions that are not prone to mutation). ContraFect's initial product candidates include new agents to treat antibiotic-resistant infections such ...
  • Number of Employees: 0-25
  • Annual Revenue: $0-1 Million

Executives

Name Title Contact Details

Funding

Contrafect raised $57.5M on 03/17/2021

Similar Companies

Paradigm Diagnostics

Paradigm is a medical diagnostics company serving physicians and patients worldwide.

ASD BioSystems Inc

ASD BioSystems Inc is a Gretna, VA-based company in the Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals, and Biotech sector.

Interleuken Genetics

Interleuken Genetics is a Waltham, MA-based company in the Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals, and Biotech sector.

Clade Therapeutics

Clade Therapeutics is a well-funded cell therapy company developing novel cell-based medicines for the treatment of cancer and other devastating diseases. The company, located in the heart of Cambridge was recently launched by an exceptional group of academic leaders and successful bioentrepreneurs converging stem cell biology, immunology, regenerative medicine, and gene editing into the next-generation of stem cell-derived medicines.

Janpix

Janpix is discovering and developing monovalent small molecule degraders of Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription (“STAT”) proteins. Most members of this family of transcription factors have been known for some time and the relevance of STAT3 & STAT5, in particular, in certain cancers is well validated. Although disrupting the function of STAT proteins is very challenging, Janpix has developed new chemistry to address this complex problem.