Moleculin Biotech, Inc.
Moleculin Biotech, Inc., a late-stage pharmaceutical development company, engages in the development of therapeutic candidates for the treatment of tumors and viruses. Its lead drug candidate is Annamycin, an anthracycline, which is in clinical stage for the treatment of relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia and soft tissue sarcoma lung metastases. The company is also developing WP1066 portfolio, including WP1066, WP1193, and WP1220, which are immune/transcription modulators designed to inhibit phosphorylated signal transducer and activator of transcription for brain tumors and pancreatic and other cancers. In addition, it is developing WP1122 portfolio, such as WP1122, WP1096, and WP1097 designed to exploit the uses of inhibitors of glycolysis comprising 2-deoxy-D-glucose for the treatment of pathogenic viruses and various cancers. The company was incorporated in 2015 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
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Verastem, Inc., a development-stage biopharmaceutical company, focuses on developing and commercializing drugs for the treatment of cancer in the United States. Its product candidates are Avutometinib, an orally available small molecule RAF/MEK clamp that inhibits the ras sarcoma RAF/MEK, ERK mitogen activated pathway kinase pathway which is involved in cell proliferation, migration, transformation, and survival of tumor cells; and Defactinib, an oral small molecule inhibitor of FAK and proline-rich tyrosine kinase for various solid tumors. The company is involved in clinical studies, including RAMP 301, a randomized global confirmatory trial to evaluate the combination of Avutometinib and Defactinib for the treatment of patients with recurrent low-grade serous ovarian cancer; RAMP 201, an adaptive two-part multicenter, parallel cohort, randomized open label trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Avutometinib and in combination with Defactinib; and FRAME, an investigation of Avutometinib and Defactinib in patients with KRAS mutant cancers and subsequent analyses; and RAMP 204 and 205. It has license agreements with Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. for the development, commercialization, and manufacture of products containing Avutometinib; and Pfizer Inc. to research, develop, manufacture, and commercialize products containing Pfizer's inhibitors of FAK for therapeutic, diagnostic, and prophylactic uses in humans. In addition, it has a clinical collaboration agreement with Amgen, Inc. to evaluate the combination of Avutometinib with Amgen's KRAS-G12C inhibitor LUMAKRAS which in Phase 1/2 trial entitled RAMP 203; and a discovery and development collaboration with GenFleet Therapeutics to advance new programs targeting RAS pathway-driven cancers. Verastem, Inc. was incorporated in 2010 and is headquartered in Needham, Massachusetts.
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