CrystalGenomics, Inc.

Summary

CrystalGenomics, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, discovers and develops structural chemoproteiomics-based drugs in Korea. Its lead development candidate is NSAID (CG100649), which is a tissue specific anti-inflammatory agent with cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, and renal safety profiles that has completed Phase IIa clinical trial. The company's drug candidates also include CG200745, a histone deacetylase inhibitor for cancer, which is in Phase I clinical trial; and CG400549, an antibiotic candidate for methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin resistant staphylococcus aureus, which is in Phase I clinical trial. In addition, it offers cloning, expression, purification, and characterization of proteins of interest; and assay and structure services. The company has drug discovery collaborations with AstraZeneca, Daiichi-Sankyo, SBI-Biotech, Carna Biosciences, Yuyu Pharma, AmorePacific, Hanmi Pharmaceuticals, and ProQuest Investments. CrystalGenomics, Inc. was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Seongnam, South Korea.