Phio Pharmaceuticals Corp (PHIO) Price

Phio Pharmaceuticals Corp. is a biotechnology company, which engages in the development of immuno-oncology therapeutics. The company is headquartered in King Of Prussia, Pennsylvania and currently employs 5 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2012-05-10. The firm's INTASYL self-delivering RNAi technology platform is designed to make immune cells more effective in killing tumor cells. The company is developing therapeutics that are designed to leverage INTASYL to target specific proteins that reduce the body's ability to fight cancer, without the need for specialized formulations or drug delivery systems. The firm's pipeline is focused on the treatment of cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma (cSCC) and melanoma. Its product pipeline includes PH-762 and PH-894. PH-762 is an INTASYL compound designed to reduce the expression of cell death protein 1 (PD-1). PD-1 is a protein that inhibits T cells’ ability to kill cancer cells and is a clinically validated target in immunotherapy. PH-894 is an INTASYL compound that is designed to silence BRD4, a protein that controls gene expression in both T cells and tumor cells, thereby affecting the immune system as well as the tumor.