Elusys Therapeutics

Elusys Therapeutics
Company typePrivate company
Founded1998
HeadquartersPine Brook, New Jersey
Key people
Dr. Elizabeth G. Posillico (Chief Executive Officer, President and Director)
Websiteelusys.com

Elusys Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company founded in Pine Brook, New Jersey in 1998. The company specializes in the development of antibodies for the treatment infectious diseases.[1] The antibodies are developed from protein complexes called heteropolymers which can bind to specific pathogens on one side and red blood cells on the other side.

The pathogens will be dragged to the liver where they will be destroyed.[2] The antibodies have a potential to be used for the treatments of many blood-borne diseases. Currently, the company focuses on the late-stage clinical trials of Anthim (Obiltoxaximab) to be used for treatment and prevention of inhaled anthrax.[3]

  1. ^ "Company Overview of Elusys Therapeutics, Inc". Bloomberg Business. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  2. ^ Sinha, Gunjan (February 2001). "Kicking out killers". Popular Science. 258 (2): 39. ISSN 0161-7370. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  3. ^ "Elusys Therapeutics Inc. Company Information". Hoover's. Retrieved 28 November 2015.