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Cytokinetics

www.cytokinetics.com

 
Cytokinetics is a late-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing first-in-class muscle activators as potential treatments for debilitating diseases in which muscle performance is compromised and/or declining. As a leader in muscle biology and the mechanics of muscle performance, the company is developing small molecule drug candidates specifically engineered to increase muscle function and contractility. Cytokinetics’ lead drug candidate is tirasemtiv, a fast skeletal muscle troponin activator, for the potential treatment of ALS. Tirasemtiv has been granted orphan drug designation and fast track status by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and orphan medicinal product designation by the ...
  • Number of Employees: 250-1000
  • Annual Revenue: $10-50 Million

Executives

Name Title Contact Details
Eric Brown
Executive Director, IT and CISO Profile
Dan Casper
Vice President of Information Technology Profile

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