- CEO
- Thomas Quertermous
- Full Time Employees
- 6
- Sector
- Healthcare
- Industry
- Medical - Pharmaceuticals
- Address
- 750 Battery Street San Francisco CA United States of America
- IPO Date
- Jun 6, 2007
- Business
- VIA Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (VIAP) is a development-stage biotechnology company focused on developing small-molecule drugs targeting vascular inflammation and other underlying causes of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, including atherosclerosis, high cholesterol, high triglycerides, insulin sensitization, and type 2 diabetes; its pipeline includes VIA-3196, a Phase-1 ready liver-directed thyroid hormone receptor beta agonist for dyslipidemia such as elevated LDL cholesterol, triglycerides, and Lp(a), a preclinical diacylglycerol acyl transferase 1 (DGAT1) inhibitor for type 2 diabetes with potential in weight control and dyslipidemia, and VIA-2291 (atreleuton), a 5-lipoxygenase inhibitor that completed Phase 2 trials for atherosclerotic plaque reduction. Founded in 2004 by Thomas Quertermous, Adeoye Y. Olukotun, and Douglass B. Given, the company is headquartered at 750 Battery Street, Suite 330, San Francisco, California, and operates primarily in the United States with research, development, and commercialization agreements including those with Hoffman-La Roche Inc. and Hoffman-La Roche Ltd. for THR beta agonists and DGAT1 compounds. While no major acquisitions, funding rounds, partnerships, or new product launches have been reported in the last 1-2 years, the company maintains its pipeline focus amid a history of strategic restructurings, such as the 2007 merger with Corautus Genetics and earlier financing arrangements, and trades on the OTC Pink Sheets market.