Takao Iwayanagi

Prolexys Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering small molecule drugs that act at novel therapeutic targets. The Company's therapeutic focus is on cancer and cardiovascular indications. Prolexys scientists have exploited proprietary proteomics-related techniques to rapidly and accurately identify drug candidates that interact with targets of interest. The result of targeted drug discovery work at Prolexys is a pipeline of product candidates with high value in areas of unmet medical need. Lead programs include: a) Solid tumor oncology program with a small molecule clinical candidate with selective anti-tumor activity, b) The colon cancer program with novel small molecule compounds targeting the beta-catenin signaling cascade and c) HSP20 antagonists, identified as protein interaction inhibitors from targets validated in asthma and vasorelaxation.