Ractigen Therapeutics is an early-stage pharmaceutical company committed to bringing to market first-in-class therapies designed to selectively restore the expression of therapeutic genes silenced in diseased cells. Its core technology is based on a paradigm-shifting discovery made at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) known as RNA activation (RNAa). Founded in 2016 by the pioneers in the field, Ractigen is developing a rich pipeline of candidate medicines for patients with unmet need.
About the name Ractigen: Ractigen (răk’tijən) signifies RNA activates genes.
Ractigen Therapeutics has raised 50 million RMB (~8 million USD) in venture financing and occupies a 2400-sqr meter, four-storied building in the modern Industry Park of Life and Health Science of Rudong, Jiangsu, China.
Ractigen Therapeutics's platform is based on a technology called RNAa (RNA activation) that utilizes small RNA duplexes to specifically target and up-regulate therapeutic genes. RNAa represents one of the few available technologies that could be translated into the clinic to treat disease by stimulating the production of endogenous genes. RNAa holds great promise for treating a wide variety of diseases including those undruggable by conventional therapies. The therapeutic benefits of RNAa have been demonstrated in a number of preclinical studies carried out in different disease models.
Ractigen Therapeutics is an early-stage biopharmaceutical company committed to bringing to market first-in-class products for the treatment of a wide variety of diseases, with a focus on cancer and debilitating genetic diseases. Founded in 2016, Ractigen is developing a rich pipeline of candidates with our most advanced product candidate entering IND-enabling development.
More infosRactigen Therapeutics is led by a cohesive team of scientists and professionals with a broad background in RNA research and drug development including the inventors of RNAa technology, nucleic acid chemists, biotech entrepreneurs and experts in drug discovery.
Wednesday, July 11, 2018 News
[July 11, 2018] Today, a 5-member delegation, led by the dean Professor Fei Sun, from Nantong University Medical School paid a visit to Ractigen and Rudong Life and Health Industry Park. After touring the company building and getting a taste of the overall work environment, the group retired to...
Wednesday, February 7, 2018 News
[Feb. 6th, 2018] Today, an article entitled "Small activating RNA induced expression of VHL gene in renal cell carcinoma" and co-authored by scientists from Ractigen and Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB) appeared online on the website of the International Journal...
Wednesday, October 11, 2017 News
The 6th RNAi China conference was held on October 10th and 11th at Kunshan as expected. A host of leading experts in the fields of oligonucleotide research and drug development from both academia and industry including Ractigen Therapeutics’s CEO Dr. Long-Cheng Li participated in this conference...
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