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Company type | Private |
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Industry | Biotechnology |
Headquarters | Woburn, MA |
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Flexion Therapeutics, Inc. is a Woburn, MA - based company that is developing long-lasting, joint-injection (intra-articular injection) therapies for the treatment of osteoarthritis. [1] [2] Flexion’s pipeline consists of three novel drug candidates (FX005, FX006, FX007) for the treatment of pain associated with mild, moderate, and severe osteoarthritis. [3] FX005 is a sustained release, intra-articular p38 Mitogen Activated Protein Kinase (p38 MAP) inhibitor, FX006 is a sustained release, intra-articular steroid, and FX007 is a sustained release, intra-articular TrkA receptor antagonist. [4] [5]
References[edit]
- ^ Gormley, Brian. (28 November 2011). "Flexion Changes Endgame, Advances Osteoarthritis Drugs." Dow Jones VentureWire.
- ^ Young, Robin.(8 March 2012)."Could This Be Orthopedics’ Future?" Orthopedics This Week.
- ^ Jackson, Mandy.(30 May 2012)."Flexion Phase II Data for FX005 gives Clinical PoC in Arthritis Pain." SCRIP.
- ^ Weintraub, Arlene. (30 May 2012). "Flexion Overhaul Bears Fruit With Upbeat Data From Arthritis Trial." XConomy.
- ^ Gormley, Brian. (28 November 2011). "Flexion Therapeutics Raises 13M from insiders, Progresses Pipeline." Dow Jones VentureWire.