Pliant Therapeutics, Inc. (PLRX) NASDAQ

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Pliant Therapeutics, Inc.

Address

260 Littlefield Avenue

South San Francisco, CA 94080

United States of America

Phone

650 481 6770

Sector

Healthcare

Industry

Biotechnology

Employees

171

First IPO Date

June 03, 2020

Key Executives

NameTitlePayYear Born
Bernard CouliePresident, Chief Executive Officer & Director1.08M1966
Keith Lamont CummingsChief Financial Officer713,0741977
Eric A. LefebvreChief Medical Officer762,3381964
Rik DerynckScientific Founder & Member of Scientific Advisory Board0N/A
Dean SheppardScientific Founder & Member of Scientific Advisory Board0N/A
Hal ChapmanScientific Founder & Member of Scientific Advisory Board0N/A
Christopher S. KeenanVice President of Investor Relations & Corporate Communications0N/A
Delphine ImbertChief Technical Officer0N/A
Lily CheungChief Human Resources Officer01974
Minnie KuoChief Development Officer0N/A

Description

Pliant Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, discovers, develops, and commercializes novel therapies for the treatment of fibrosis and related diseases in the United States. Its lead product candidate is PLN-74809, an oral small-molecule dual selective inhibitor of avß6 and avß1 integrins, which is in three Phase 2a trials. The company also develops PLN-1474, a small-molecule selective inhibitor of avß1, which completed Phase 1 clinical trial for the treatment of liver fibrosis associated with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. In addition, it is developing two additional preclinical integrin-based programs, which include an oncology program, as well as a program for an allosteric agonistic monoclonal antibody against an undisclosed integrin receptor for treatment of muscular dystrophies, including duchenne muscular dystrophy. Pliant Therapeutics, Inc. was incorporated in 2015 and is based in South San Francisco, California.