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Tragara Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a privately-held pharmaceutical company based in San Diego, Calif. The company is focused on the clinical and commercial development of proprietary medicines for the treatment of cancer and inflammation. Tragara strives to provide much-needed therapies that will contribute to patient health through better survival and an increase in the quality of life. Tragara's lead program, Capoxigem(R) (apricoxib, TG01), is currently in Phase II clinical development in lung, breast and pancreatic cancers and has completed a Phase II study in inflammation/pain. A second program, an oral multi-kinase inhibitor, TG02 (SB1317), is in late stage preclinical development.
Tragara is managed by a team of entrepreneurs with both Big Pharma and Biotech experience in the development and commercialization of oncology therapeutics. Its investors include: Domain Associates, Mitsubishi International Corporation, Morganthaler Ventures, Oxford BioScience Partners and ProQuest Investments. More information about Tragara can be found at www.tragarapharma.com.
About S*BIO Pte Ltd
S*BIO is a privately-held biotech company focused on the research and clinical development of novel targeted small molecule drugs for the treatment of cancer with leading programs around histone deacetylases (HDAC) and kinases. S*BIO's lead candidate, SB939, entered the clinic in 2007. SB1518, S*BIO's potent and orally-active JAK2 inhibitor, also entered the clinic in 2008 and has received orphan drug designation from the U.S. FDA. S*BIO has entered into a development collaboration, and option & license agreement with Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. to develop and commercialize SB1518 and its other novel JAK2 inhibitor, SB1578. S*BIO's SB1317, a novel multi-kinase inhibitor, is in pre-clinical development and under a worldwide exclusive license with Tragara Pharmac
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