Iron Biology
Iron is crucial to life
Iron is an irreplaceable requirement for almost all living organisms
Iron is crucial to the functioning of life-essential enzymes involved in energy production, deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) synthesis and cellular defense systems
Paradoxically, excess amounts of iron can be toxic because it catalyzes production of free radicals which damage cells and tissues
Our bodies balance needs for iron and its toxicity through tightly controlled iron homeostatic mechanisms, but dysregulation of these can lead to a wide variety of diseases including infection, cancer, and inflammatory diseases
Iron Biology
Medicine is beginning to recognize that iron regulation and dysregulation is implicated in many diseases:
Our science
Fe Pharmaceuticals was created to manage the biology of iron and thus change the course of disease
Our mission is to treat serious and life-threatening diseases where dysregulated iron biology is at the core.
Our mission is to treat serious and life-threatening diseases where dysregulated iron biology is at the core.
Fe Pharmaceuticals is developing purpose-designed, non-toxic, iron binding polymers to manage iron and thereby manage disease.
The first drug candidate is effective in experimental models against diseases involving cell proliferation: infectious diseases and cancer.