Rinat Neuroscience Corporation

Rinat Neuroscience Corporation was a privately held biotechnology company that discovered and developed antibody-based drugs, including:

Rinat was founded in 2001 by Arnon Rosenthal,[12][13] who was also Rinat's president, chief scientific office and board director, and Patrick Lynn,[14] following a broad licensing agreement with Genentech,[15] and was acquired by Pfizer in 2006 for approximately $500M.[16][17] Rinat currently operates as an independent biotechnology unit within Pfizer's Worldwide R&D group in South San Francisco.[18]

  • Tanezumab (codenamed RN624),[1][2] a monoclonal antibody against nerve growth factor for the treatment of pain
  • Ponezumab (codenamed RN1219),[3] a monoclonal antibody against beta amyloid for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease
  • Fremanezumab (codenamed TEV-48125, RN307 and LBR-101),[4][5][6] a monoclonal antibody against calcitonin gene-related peptide for the treatment of migraines
  • Bococizumab (codenamed RN316),[7] a monoclonal antibody against PCSK9 designed to reduce LDL cholesterol
  • RN6G, a monoclonal antibody against beta amyloid for the treatment of geographic atrophy in age-related macular degeneration[8]
  • RN909, a monoclonal antibody antagonist of the glucagon receptor for type 2 diabetes (T2DM)[9]
  • REGN4018, a novel MUC16xCD3 bispecific T-cell engager for the treatment of ovarian cancer[10]
  • PF-04518600, a monoclonal antibody targeting OX40 to enhance T cell functions and inhibit tumor growth[11]

References

  1. Brian Vastag. Monoclonals expand into neural disorders Nature^
  2. Nancy E. Lane. Tanezumab for the Treatment of Pain from Osteoarthritis of the Knee New England Journal of Medicine, The New England Journal of Medicine, 2010^
  3. Ponezumab ALZForum^
  4. Teva Completes Acquisition of Labrys: Opens Door to a Strong and Novel Migraine Prevention and Treatment Franchise within its CNS Portfolio Business Wire/Nasdaq^
  5. John Carroll. In biotech trifecta, startup lassos $31M, a CEO and a lead drug from Pfizer FierceBiotech^
  6. Ron Leuty. Migraine drug developer Labrys targeted by Teva in $825 million deal San Francisco Business Times^
  7. Bill Berkrot, Deena Beasley. Experimental Pfizer cholesterol drug promising in study Reuters^
  8. An Investigational Therapy for Geographic Atrophy in Age-Related Macular Degeneration^
  9. Barry Gumbiner, Brooke Esteves, Vanessa Dell, Tenshang Joh, Pamela D. Garzone, Alison Forgie, Chandrasekhar Udata. Single and multiple ascending-dose study of glucagon-receptor antagonist RN909 in type 2 diabetes Endocrine, 2018^
  10. REGN4018, a novel MUC16xCD3 bispecific T-cell engager for the treatment of ovarian cancer^
  11. FIH study of an OX40 agonist mAb PF-04518600 in adult patients with select advanced solid tumors^
  12. Arnon Rosenthal Ph.D. - Executive Profile Bloomberg Businessweek^
  13. Ron Leuty. Alector snags funding in founder's latest attack on Alzheimer's San Francisco Business Times^
  14. Patrick G. Lynn - Executive Profile Bloomberg Businessweek^
  15. Genentech and Rinat Neuroscience Announce Co-Development and Joint Commercialization Agreement for Anti-NGF Antibody for Acute and Chronic Pain Genentech^
  16. Andrew Pollack. Pfizer to Buy Rinat, a Biotechnology Drug Maker New York Times^
  17. Pfizer to Expand Neuroscience Research with Acquisition of Biotech Company Rinat Neuroscience disorders Pfizer^
  18. Rinat Pfizer^