Landos Biopharma, Inc. LABP

Landos Biopharma, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, discovers and develops oral therapeutics for patients with autoimmune diseases. The company's lead product candidate in development include omilancor, a gut-restricted oral therapeutic candidate that targets lanthionine synthetase C-like protein 2 (LANCL2) for the treatment of ulcerative colitis (UC), Crohn's disease (CD), and eosinophilic esophagitis; NX-13, a gut-restricted oral therapeutic that targets NOD-like receptor X1 (NOD-like), a mitochondria-associated receptor associated with the modulation of inflammatory cytokines for UC and CD; and LABP-104, an orally-active and systemically bioavailable small molecule therapeutic candidate that targets LANCL2 agonist for the treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus and rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Its preclinical candidates in development include LABP-66 is an oral and small molecule NOD-like pathway agonist for the treatment of multiple sclerosis and Alzheimer's disease; LABP-69, an oral PLXDC2 agonist for the treatment of diabetic nephropathy and RA; LABP-73, an oral and small molecule NLRX1 pathway agonist in development for the treatment of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; and LABP-111, an oral and small molecule LANCL2 pathway agonist for the treatment of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis and type 1 diabetes. The company was incorporated in 2017 and is headquartered in Blacksburg, Virginia.