Azitra, Inc.

Company Profile

Azitra, Inc., an early-stage clinical biopharmaceutical company, develops therapies for precision dermatology using engineered proteins and topical live biotherapeutic products to treat skin diseases in the United States. The company develops ATR-04, a genetically modified strain of S. epidermidis that is in a Phase 1/2 clinical trial for treating the papulopustular rash experienced by cancer patients undergoing epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitor targeted therapy; ATR-12, a genetically modified strain of S. epidermidis, which is in a Phase 1b/2a clinical trial for treating Netherton syndrome, a skin disease; and ATR-01, a genetically modified strain of S. epidermidis that expresses an engineered recombinant human filaggrin protein, which is in the IND-enabling phase for treating ichthyosis vulgaris, a skin disease. It has a joint development agreement with Bayer for the identification and characterization of S. epidermidis strains for topical formulations. Azitra, Inc. was incorporated in 2014 and is headquartered in Branford, Connecticut.

Founded

2014