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ORPHAGEN PARTNER, JAPAN TOBACCO, INITIATES A PHASE I CLINICAL TRIAL OF A NOVEL SMALL MOLECULE THERAPEUTIC FOR AUTOIMMUNE AND ALLERGIC DISEASES
Orphagen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a privately held company, announced today that its partner, Japan Tobacco Inc. (“JT”), has entered Phase I clinical trials with an oral small molecule, JTE-451, for treatment of autoimmune and allergic diseases. This is a major...
Orphagen Pharmaceuticals Presents Pharmacology of ROR-beta Antagonists at the Keystone Symposium on Nuclear Receptors
Orphagen Pharmaceuticals, a privately-held emerging pharmaceutical company, described for the first time properties of small molecule antagonists to ROR-beta, an orphan nuclear receptor, at the Keystone Symposium on Nuclear Receptors taking place January 10-14 at...
Orphagen Pharmaceuticals Awarded Federal Funding to Investigate a Novel Drug Discovery Target for Sickle Cell Disease
Orphagen Pharmaceuticals, a privately-held pharmaceutical company, announced today that the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health has awarded the company a highly competitive Phase 1 Small Business Innovative Research...
Orphagen Pharmaceuticals Awarded $224,954 to Investigate an Orphan Nuclear Receptor as Novel Drug Discovery Target for Cancer Immunotherapy
Orphagen Pharmaceuticals, a privately-held pharmaceutical company, announced today that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Cancer Institute (NCI) has awarded the company $224,954 under the Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) program to identify...
Robin Jackman joins the Orphagen Board of Directors
Orphagen Pharmaceuticals announced today that Robin Jackman, CEO of Leading BioSciences, has been appointed to the Board of Directors. “Robin brings crucial experience to our Board in finance and fund-raising. This comes on top of his excellent record in guiding two...