Carolus Therapeutics Inc.
This article was originally published in Start Up
Executive Summary
Macrophage migration inhibiting factor (MIF) has been a target for drug developers for years because of its potential to fight inflammation in a variety of indications. To date, efforts targeting MIF have been largely unsuccessful perhaps because, as Carolus Therapeutics' scientific founders theorized, MIF activity is mediated through two chemokine receptors, CXCR2 and CXCR4. Carolus has developed peptides that selectively disrupt MIF binding to those receptors, It also has a therapeutic antibodies program for MIF. If successful, its compunds could find application in a range of diseases, including cardiovascular disease, tissue transplant rejection, cancer, and a number of orphan indications