Industry: Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology
FivePrime is a privately held protein therapeutics discovery and development company located in San Francisco’s Mission Bay. Its proprietary discovery platform allows the rapid screening of the complete set of secreted proteins and their receptors in medically relevant, cell-based assays to identify new biotherapeutics. FivePrime is applying its high throughput biologics discovery system first in the areas of oncology, metabolic disease, immunology and regenerative medicine. FivePrime plans to begin clinical studies in 2007 with its lead products in type II diabetes and cancer. Earlier this year, FivePrime announced a discovery collaboration with Boehringer Ingelheim in rheumatoid arthritis. ( www.fiveprime.com )
FivePrime
1650 Owens Street Suite 200
San Francisco, California 94158
USA
Tel: (415) 365-5600
Fax: (415) 365-5601