Protagonist Therapeutics, Inc. (PTGX) NASDAQ

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Protagonist Therapeutics, Inc.

Address

7707 Gateway Boulevard

Newark, CA 94560-1160

United States of America

Phone

510 474 0170

Sector

Healthcare

Industry

Biotechnology

Employees

124

First IPO Date

August 11, 2016

Key Executives

NameTitlePayYear Born
Dr. Dinesh V. Patel Ph.D.Chief Executive Officer, President, Secretary & Director1.37M1957
Mr. Asif AliExecutive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer805,0421974
Dr. Suneel K. Gupta Ph.D.Executive Vice President of Clinical Development896,8471958
Dr. Arturo M. Molina FACP, M.D., M.S.Chief Medical Officer956,9121959
Mr. Mohammad Masjedizadeh Ph.D.Executive Vice President & Chief Technology Officer0N/A
Dr. Newman YeildingExecutive Vice President, Chief Scientific Officer0N/A
Ms. Carena SpiveyHead of HR & Senior Vice President of Human Resources0N/A
Dr. Ashok Bhandari Ph.D.EVice President & Chief Discovery Officer01964
Mr. Carter J. KingExecutive Vice President of Business Development01971
Mr. Matthew M. Gosling J.D.Executive Vice President & General Counsel01971

Description

Protagonist Therapeutics, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, discovers and develops peptide-based therapeutic drugs to address hematology and blood disorders, and inflammatory and immunomodulatory diseases. It is developing rusfertide (PTG-300), an injectable hepcidin mimetic that is in Phase II clinical trials for the treatment of patients with polycythemia vera and hereditary hemochromatosis, as well as for the treatment of other blood disorders; PN-943, an oral, alpha-4-beta-7 integrin- specific antagonist peptide that is in Phase II clinical trials for treating inflammatory bowel disease (IBD); and PN-235, an orally delivered interleukin-23 receptor specific antagonist for the treatment of IBD and non-IBD indications. The company has a license and collaboration agreement with Janssen Biotech, Inc. Protagonist Therapeutics, Inc. was incorporated in 2006 and is headquartered in Newark, California.