- CEO
- Keeren Shah
- Full Time Employees
- 1
- Sector
- Healthcare
- Industry
- Biotechnology
- Address
- 420 Lexington Avenue New York City NY United States of America 10170
- IPO Date
- Feb 24, 2015
- Business
- Actavia Life Sciences, Inc. (RASP) is a leukemia-focused biotechnology company that develops small-molecule therapeutics targeting acute myeloid leukemia (AML), lymphoma, and other life-threatening blood cancers; its lead product candidates include RASP-201, a novel orally administered selective reversible inhibitor of lysine-specific demethylase 1 (LSD1/KDM1A) to restore cell differentiation in poor-prognosis AML, and RASP-301, a preclinical nucleophosmin (NPM1) inhibitor designed for refractory AML with reduced toxicity. The company operates in the oncology and hematology segments, serving patient populations with high unmet needs in blood cancer treatments through enhanced combination therapies. Founded in 2013 and headquartered at 5 Penn Plaza in New York, NY, with research facilities in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, Actavia conducts its activities primarily in the United States and maintains a London office for international outreach.
In October 2023, the company changed its name from Rasna Therapeutics, Inc. to Actavia Life Sciences, Inc. to reflect its strategic evolution in life sciences while retaining its core focus on leukemia therapeutics. It continues preclinical and early clinical advancement of its pipeline amid ongoing losses, with recent earnings for the six months ended March 31, 2024, reflecting operational expenses without revenue generation. No major acquisitions, partnerships, or funding rounds have been announced in the past two years.