Prix Aligos Therapeutics Inc (ALGS)

Aligos Therapeutics, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, which engages in the provision of therapeutics for chronic liver diseases and viral infections. The company is headquartered in South San Francisco, California and currently employs 70 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2020-10-16. Its pipeline of drug candidates includes ALG-000184 for chronic HBV infection, ALG-055009 for MASH, ALG-097558 for coronavirus infections, and a portfolio of preclinical programs. ALG-000184 is a potential Capsid Assembly Modulator (CAM-E) for chronic HBV infection with enhanced pharmacologic properties. In the area of chronic HBV infection, its advanced drug candidate, ALG-000184, helps in disrupting the HBV lifecycle with viral suppression as well as reductions in viral antigens. Its ALG-055009 is an oral, small-molecule thyroid receptor beta agonist (THR-β) for the treatment of MASH.