Opexa Pharmaceuticals Inc.
This article was originally published in Start Up
Executive Summary
Opexa Pharmaceuticals was founded in February 2001 to develop therapeutic vaccines for autoimmune diseases. Based on techniques designed by co-founder Jingwu Zhang of Baylor College of Medicine, its first product is a vaccine comprised of autologous myelin-reactive T-cells that stimulate the immune response of patients with multiple sclerosis. The selectivity of the process enables greater efficacy with fewer side effects than existing therapies for MS.
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