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BCY LifeSciences Inc. is a Toronto, ON-based company in the Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals, and Biotech sector.
Acer Therapeutics is a biotech company, headquartered in Cambridge, MA, that develops repurposed and reformulated medicines for the treatment of ultra-orphan diseases with significant unmet medical needs. Acer`s lead candidate, EDVISO™ (celiprolol), is the first pharmaceutical therapy seeking approval for patients with vascular-type Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (vEDS). Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome is a group of hereditary disorders of connective tissue with no ethnic predisposition. vEDS is a subtype characterized by severe arterial dissections, ruptures and early death. Complications are rare in childhood, but affect 25% of patients before the age of 20, and 80% by the age of 40. Median age of death is estimated to be around 50 years. Patients are diagnosed by clinical symptoms and confirmed by presence of mutations in the COL3A1 gene. There are approximately 2,000 documented patients, but prevalence could be as high as 5,000 patients in the U.S. (Pepin 2014). There are no specific pharmacological treatments for vEDS and medical intervention centers on symptomatic treatment, prophylactic measures and genetic counseling. Acer was awarded orphan drug designation by the FDA in January 2015. Acer`s second candidate, ACER-001, is the first pharmaceutical therapy being developed for patients with Maple Syrup Urine Disease (MSUD). MSUD is a devastating genetic disease – an inborn error of amino acid metabolism. Approximately 800 patients suffer from MSUD in the U.S. and 3,000 worldwide. There are no therapeutic options for MSUD and diet is not enough. Despite careful dietary management, the majority of MSUD patients have chronic neurological and social impairment, as well as life-threatening episodes of intoxication. Acer was awarded orphan drug designation by the FDA in August 2014.
PharMetrics, Inc. is a Watertown, MA-based company in the Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals, and Biotech sector.
UroGen Pharma is a biopharmaceutical company that builds novel solutions to revolutionize the way specialty cancers and urologic diseases are treated – because patients deserve better options. Our vision is grounded in our RTGel™ drug delivery technology platform, our promising pipeline, and a collaborative drive for bold results. Our existing technology: the RTGel drug delivery platform has the potential to be applied to a variety of unmet medical needs. RTGel reverse-thermal hydrogel is liquid at lower temperatures and converts to gel form at body temperature, offering the opportunity to make local therapy a more effective treatment. Our promising pipeline: Ranging from pre-clinical to Phase III, we currently have multiple candidates in our pipeline, which are furthering the study of potential treatment advances in urology, uro-oncology, and immunology. Our collaborative drive: We are part of a broad ecosystem of partners who are seeking to improve patient care; these connections are vital to our commitment to offer new pathways and advance solutions. We currently have an exclusive worldwide license agreement with Allergan™ to evaluate the RTGel platform, an early-stage feasibility agreement with Janssen Pharmaceuticals™, and are continually evaluating new opportunities.
CCTC passionately serves the emotional needs of children and families at risk beginning in early childhood.