Replies to post #20324 on Rock Creek Pharmaceuticals Inc. (fka RCPIQ)

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RIGL's profile confirms potential synergies. From Yahoo Finance:

Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a clinical-stage drug development company, discovers and develops novel, small-molecule drugs for the treatment of inflammatory and autoimmune diseases, as well as muscle disorders. Its product development programs include fostamatinib, an oral spleen tyrosine kinase (SYK) inhibitor that intends to enter Phase III clinical trials for immune thrombocytopenic purpura and a Phase II clinical trial for immunoglobulin A nephropathy; R348, a topical janus kinase/SYK inhibitor in Phase II clinical trials for the treatment of keratoconjunctivitis sicca or chronic dry eye; R118, an adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase activator that intends to enter Phase I clinical trial; and two oncology product candidates in Phase I development. It also has small molecule discovery programs in muscle wasting. Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has collaboration agreement Daiichi Sankyo to pursue research related to a specific target from a class of drug targets called ligases that control cancer cell proliferation through protein degradation; and a license agreement with BerGenBio AS for the development and commercialization of an oncology program. The company was founded in 1996 and is based in South San Francisco, California.