
aTyr Pharma Inc
NASDAQ:ATYR

aTyr Pharma Inc
aTyr Pharma, Inc. engages in the discovery and development of medicines based on novel immunological pathways. The company is headquartered in San Diego, California and currently employs 49 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2015-05-07. Its therapeutic candidate pipeline includes efzofitimod (ATYR1923), ATYR2810, NRP2 mAbs, AARS-1 and DARS-1. The ATYR1923, is a fusion protein comprised of the immunomodulatory domain of histidyl-tRNA synthetase fused to the fragment crystallizable (Fc) region of a human antibody and serves as a selective modulator of NRP2 that downregulates innate and adaptive immune response in inflammatory disease states. The firm is also developing efzofitimod as a potential disease-modifying therapy for patients with fibrotic lung diseases with high unmet medical need. ATYR2810 is a fully humanized monoclonal antibody that specifically and functionally blocks the interaction between NRP2 and one of its primary ligands VEGF. ATYR2810 is in preclinical development for the potential treatment of certain aggressive cancers where NRP2 is implicated.