Pipeline

Development status

Potential First-in-Class
& Best-in-Class NASH Drug


ㆍSubstantial potential market opportunity
ㆍDifferentiated mechanism of action
ㆍStrong efficacy data of FGF21 including:
 ✓ The levels of hepatic triglycerides and lipids
 ✓ The degree of vacuolization of liver
 ✓ Validated Immunogenicity

Patented FGF21 design
& Manufacturing method


ㆍFive point-mutations for high affinity toward
 β-Klotho
and enhanced receptor activation
ㆍThe ever-first findings of
 ㆍThe temperature-responsive structural reversib
  ility of FGF21 and
 Heating-based purification of active FGF21
ㆍThese findings can be applied to FGF21 analogs t
 hat are under therapeutic development

Experienced & Validated Team in the protein research field


Sun-shin Cha (a full professor at Ewha Woman
 University) leads a competitive protein research group
Three LO experiences for β-lactamase inhibitors,
 human DJ-1 (park7), and FGF21 (to TODD) in Korea
ㆍAbout 130 publications including Nature, Immunity,
 Nature Genetics, Nature Chemical Biology,
 Nature Communications, EMBO J, PNAS, Angewandte
 Chemie, Nucleic Acid Research, JBC, etc.