Arcutis was founded in 2016 to address significant unmet needs in medical dermatology. The company is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing best-in-class products. Our strategy is to exploit recent innovations in inflammation and immunology to bring the best molecules to bear against validated physiologic targets known to treat dermatological diseases and disorders. Our management team has extensive expertise in the development and commercialization of medical dermatology products, having held key leadership roles at a number of leading dermatology companies and, collectively, has successfully developed more than 50 FDA-approved products. We believe that by leveraging our team`s unique experience and demonstrated expertise to identify, develop and commercialize best-in-class molecules against validated targets, we will be able to develop differentiated products in less time, at lower cost, and at substantially lower risk than other approaches. Arcutis` combination of vision, unmet medical need, experienced management and strategic approach has attracted support from leading investors in the life sciences sector.
Swift Biosciences is a biotechnology company that is developing novel molecular biology technologies to better characterize and understand the genome. We are an energetic, highly innovative company focused on creating tools to advance the DNA sequencing sciences. Our products are designed to help customers analyze challenging samples that are often associated with translational work, including circulating, cell-free DNA and formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded samples.
We are committed to helping people with severe, chronic cardiovascular diseases realize the promise of patient-specific, expanded multicellular therapy.
Ankyra is developing cancer therapies based on localized cytokines that prime a systemic adaptive immune response.
ValenzaBio is a privately-held biopharmaceutical company developing therapies for autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. With a pipeline of differentiated monoclonal antibodies targeting clinically-validated mechanisms of action, we seek to provide improved therapies for patients with limited treatment options. Based in Bethesda, Maryland, in the heart of the capital biotech community, we strive to work collaboratively with all stakeholders while keeping our research and development efforts focused on the needs of patients.