Sector: Healthcare | Industry: Pharmaceuticals |
Shuttle Pharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc. is a discovery and development stage specialty pharmaceutical company. It is focused on improving the outcomes of cancer patients treated with radiation therapy (RT). The Company by developing radiation sensitizers helps to increase cancer cure rates, prolong patient survival and improve quality of life when used as a primary treatment, or in combination with surgery, chemotherapy and immunotherapy. It is engaged in developing a clinical-stage product candidate (Ropidoxuridine) and selective histone deacetylase (HDAC6) inhibitor (SP-2-225). Its platform of sensitizers offers a pipeline of product candidates designed to address the urgent clinical need and the current limitations of using off-label drugs with potential new sensitizer agents. Ropidoxuridine is a clinical sensitizer drug candidate, to sensitize rapidly growing cancer cells, and selective HDAC inhibitors to sensitize cancer cells and stimulate the immune system.
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