Altay Therapeutics (YC Winter 2020)

TL;DR: Altay Therapeutics is a Y Combinator Winter 2020 startup Altay develops disease-modifying therapies targeting transcription…, currently active with a team of 6.

Altay develops disease-modifying therapies targeting transcription…

YC ID
13217
YC Batch
Winter 2020
Status
Active
Team size
6
Industry
Healthcare, Therapeutics
Tags
AI-powered Drug Discovery, Biotech, Therapeutics
YC profile
https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/altay-therapeutics

Last verified:

Altay develops small molecule drugs to treat chronic liver diseases like liver fibrosis and liver cancer. Our co-founder Dr. Osman Ozes, led the first drug development program for Esbriet (Pirfenidone), resulting in the first FDA approved therapy for lung fibrosis. Esbriet is now a $1 billion/year drug and has already made over $6 billion in revenue. With a team that has over 70+ years of small molecule drug development experience, we intend to do the same with chronic liver diseases, which affects over 20 million Americans and represents a market size of over $30 billion. We know we are well positioned for success because we have shown excellent pre-clinical mouse data in several liver fibrosis models using our novel small molecule. We demonstrate a reduction in fibrosis with our drug, b…

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Frequently asked questions

Is Altay Therapeutics a YC (Y Combinator) company?

Yes. Altay Therapeutics was funded by Y Combinator in the Winter 2020 batch. Altay develops disease-modifying therapies targeting transcription…

What does Altay Therapeutics do?

Altay develops small molecule drugs to treat chronic liver diseases like liver fibrosis and liver cancer. Our co-founder Dr. Osman Ozes, led the first drug development program for Esbriet (Pirfenidone), resulting in the first FDA approved therapy for lung fibrosis. Esbriet is now a $1 billion/year drug and has already…

What YC batch was Altay Therapeutics in?

Altay Therapeutics was part of Y Combinator's Winter 2020 batch.

How big is Altay Therapeutics?

Altay Therapeutics has a team of 6 people according to Y Combinator's directory.

Is Altay Therapeutics still active?

Altay Therapeutics is currently listed as Active with a team of 6 in Y Combinator's directory.

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