PureTech Health Plc engages in the provision of differentiated medicines for devastating diseases, including inflammatory, fibrotic and immunological conditions, intractable cancers, lymphatic and gastrointestinal diseases and neurological and neuropsychological disorders. The company is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts and currently employs 56 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2015-06-19. The firm is engaged in the development of around 29 therapeutics and therapeutic candidates, including three that have been approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration. A number of these programs are advanced by the Company or its Founded Entities in various indications and stages of clinical development. Its primary programs include LYT-100 and LYT-200. Deupirfenidone (LYT-100) is being developed as a potential new standard of care (SOC) for the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). LYT-200 is an anti-galectin-9 monoclonal antibody (mAb) being developed for the treatment of hematological malignancies, including acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and high-risk myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), as well as solid tumors, including head and neck cancers, with a focus on metastatic disease.
