List is tentative, and subject to change at any time.
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Startup Companies
Nanoparticle drug delivery systems
Certus Therapeutics (University of Notre Dame)
Certus Therapeutics provide a novel nanoparticle drug delivery platform (Lypos) for cancer chemotherapies with enhanced tumor-targeting properties.
Matrix metalloproteinase inhibitors to treat diabetic foot ulcers
SalvePed (University of Notre Dame)
SalvePed is developing ND-336 for the treatment of diabetic foot ulcers.
Preventative therapy treats post-traumatic osteoarthritis
CartilaGen (University of Notre Dame)
CartilaGen’s technology is an intra-articular injection of drug suspended in a hydrogel vehicle.
Glucocorticoid prodrugs for the treatment of nephritis
Shannon Pharmaceuticals (University of Nebraska Medical Center)
Shannon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is an Omaha, Nebraska, start-up company focusing on the development of therapeutic interventions for nephrotic diseases.
Antisense oligonucleotides to treat spinal muscular atrophy
Shift Pharmaceuticals (University of Missouri)
The loss of a single gene causes spinal muscular atrophy, a devastating disease that is among the leading genetic causes of infant death.