Aligos Therapeutics Inc

Aligos Therapeutics Inc. a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focuses to develop novel therapeutics to address unmet medical needs in viral and liver diseases. Its lead drug candidate is ALG-097558 which is in Phase I clinical trial for the treatment of coronavirus; and ALG-000184 a capsid assembly modulator which is completed Phase 1b clinical trial to treat chronic hepatitis B (CHB). The company also develops ALG-055009 a small molecule THR-ß agonist that is in the Phase 2 clinical trial for the treatment of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). In addition it develops siRNA drug candidate ALG-125755 which is in Phase I clinical trial for the treatment of CHB. Aligos Therapeutics Inc. has entered into license and collaboration agreements with Luxna Biotech Co. Ltd. to develop and commercialize products containing oligonucleotides targeting hepatitis B virus genome; Emory University to provide hepatitis B virus capsid assembly modulator technology; research licensing and commercialization agreement with Katholieke Universiteit Leuven to develop coronavirus protease inhibitors; and Merck to discover research optimize and develop oligonucleotides directed against a NASH as well as a research collaboration and development agreement with Xiamen Amoytop Biotech Co. Ltd. to research and develop oligonucleotide compounds for the treatment of liver diseases.. The company was incorporated in 2018 and is headquartered in South San Francisco California.