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Aqualung Therapeutics

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Aqualung Therapeutics (ALT) is developing multi-pronged strategies to address the development of severe lung inflammation, which is essential to the severity and outcomes of acute and chronic lung disorders such as Acute Lung Injury, Ventilator-Induced Lung Injury (VILI), Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, and Pulmonary Hypertension. Effective FDA-approved drugs are either currently unavailable or extraordinarily modest in their ability to modify disease progression. No drug is currently available that is preventive or curative. Aqualung’s strategies, which include deployment of a human monoclonal antibody that targets a novel inflammatory mediator (Nicotinamide Phosphoribosyltransferase or NAMPT), will address the unmet need for novel, effective therapies for VILI, IPF, and Pulmonary Hypertension.