Asclepix Therapeutics, Inc.

Focused on transforming the treatment of ocular diseases and cancer

Through the rapid clinical development of groundbreaking therapies aimed at empowering patients and their families around the world with the freedom to live their best lives.

Using pioneering computational biology methods, we have identified multiple families of peptides that are potent regulators of vascular homeostasis. Our clinical candidates are derived from these peptides and work through naturally existing, highly evolved, and self-regulating mechanisms of homeostasis that maintain our health and well-being.

January 5, 2021 in Asclepix Therapeutics, Inc., Portfolio

AsclepiX Therapeutics, Inc. Doses First Patient in Phase 1/2a Trial of AXT107 Intravitreal Self-Forming Gel Depot Peptide for Diabetic Macular Edema (DME)

BALTIMORE, MD / ACCESSWIRE / January 5, 2021 / AsclepiX Therapeutics, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company using computational biology to identify…
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June 24, 2020 in Asclepix Therapeutics, Inc., Portfolio

Better than Eylea, as durable as gene therapy? Perceptive, Xontogeny boost ophthalmic startup’s shot for best of all worlds

What’s the biggest breakthrough in the ophthalmology space since Lucentis and Eylea? Novartis’ Beovu, launched last November for wet age-related…
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June 24, 2020 in Asclepix Therapeutics, Inc., Portfolio

AsclepiX Emerges With $35M and an Eye Drug Challenger to Eylea, Lucentis

Xconomy National — The body’s natural process for healing wounds has led AsclepiX Therapeutics to a novel approach to treating diseases of…
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June 24, 2020 in Asclepix Therapeutics, Inc., Portfolio

AsclepiX Therapeutics Announces $35 Million Series A Financing

Proceeds to fund development of AXT107 for treatment of retinal diseases through Phase 1/2a clinical trials Series A financing led…
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January 6, 2020 in Asclepix Therapeutics, Inc., Portfolio

AsclepiX Therapeutics, Inc. Expands Leadership Team with Appointment of Industry Leader Theresa Heah, MD, MBA as Chief Medical Officer

BALTIMORE, MD / ACCESSWIRE / January 6, 2020 / AsclepiX Therapeutics, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company that uses computational biology to identify…
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July 16, 2019 in Asclepix Therapeutics, Inc., Portfolio

AsclepiX Therapeutics Selected to Present at Ophthalmology Innovation Summit (OIS) at the American Society for Retinal Surgeons (ASRS) Annual Conference

To Provide Update on AXT107 Duration of Efficacy Maintained for Over Thirteen Months to Date in Animal Models AXT107 Inhibits…
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April 29, 2019 in Asclepix Therapeutics, Inc., Portfolio

AsclepiX Therapeutics Selected to Present at Ophthalmology Innovation Summit (OIS) at the American Society for Retinal Surgeons (ASRS) Annual Conference

GAITHERSBURG, Md. and NORWALK, Conn., April 29, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NexImmune and the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF) have…
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March 25, 2019 in Asclepix Therapeutics, Inc., Portfolio

AsclepiX Therapeutics, Inc. Strengthens Board of Directors, Welcomes Steven Altschuler, MD

AsclepiX Therapeutics, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing novel peptide therapies, including AXT107 for retinal disease and novel peptides…
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March 18, 2019 in Asclepix Therapeutics, Inc., Portfolio

AXT107 Restores Healthy, Non-Leaky Vasculature in the Eye by Inhibiting VEGFR2 and Activating Tie2, the Two Clinically Validated Pathways in Diseases of the Retina

AXT107 exhibited a dual mechanism of action as a monotherapy, disrupting a key component of the Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor…
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November 15, 2018 in Asclepix Therapeutics, Inc., Portfolio

AsclepiX Therapeutics Raises $5M in New Funding

BALTIMORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AsclepiX Therapeutics, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing vital new therapies based on a novel peptide platform, today…
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November 15, 2018 in Asclepix Therapeutics, Inc., Portfolio

Baltimore-based AsclepiX Therapeutics raises $5M

Johns Hopkins spinout AsclepiX Therapeutics raised $5 million in new funding that will assist in development of new treatment for eye diseases…
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