Protagonist Therapeutics Inc (PTGX)

Protagonist Therapeutics, Inc. (Protagonist) is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company. The Company has a technology platform focused on discovering and developing peptide-based new chemical entities (NCEs) to address unmet medical needs. Protagonist's primary focus is on developing oral peptide drugs that specifically target biological pathways. Its oral peptides offer targeted delivery to the gastrointestinal (GI) tissue compartment. The Company's initial lead product candidates, PTG-100 and PTG-200, which have the potential to transform the existing treatment paradigm for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), a GI disease consisting primarily of ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD). Protagonist's product candidate beyond IBD is PTG-300, which is an injectable hepcidin mimetic peptide that the Company is developing for the treatment of iron overload disorders, such as transfusion-dependent b-Thalassemia, hereditary hemochromatosis (HH) and sickle cell disease (SCD).