Opsona Therapeutics was a drug development company specialising in the human immune system and new drugs and vaccines to prevent and treat autoimmune/inflammatory conditions, cancers and infectious diseases.[1][2][3]
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| Founded | 1 January 2004  |
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| Headquarters | , Republic of Ireland |
| Website | www |
Based in Ireland, Opsona was a spin-out from Trinity College Dublin (TCD).[4] Ireland is ranked highly in the world in immunology research, and TCD has been at the forefront of the field.[5]
Opsona's research was primarily focused on the role of Toll-like receptors (TLRs) and TLR signalling in human innate immunity. The company was founded in 2004 by three immunologists:
- Professor Luke O'Neill[6]
- Professor Kingston Mills[7]
- Professor Dermot P. Kelleher[8]
The company went into liquidation in 2019 after unsuccessful clinical trials, and failure to find a buyer for OPN-305.
Opsona's main investors were international and life-science focused:
- Inventages Venture Capital (Bahamas)[9]
- Seroba Bioventures (Ireland)
- GenenFund (United States)
- Enterprise Ireland (Ireland)[10]
References
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- ^ "Sunday Business Post article". Retrieved 27 February 2018.
- ^ "Opsona Therapeutics Limited: Private Company Information - Bloomberg". investing.businessweek.com. Archived from the original on September 10, 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
- ^ "Emerging finalist: Mark Heffernan Opsona Therapeutics". Retrieved 27 February 2018.
- ^ Times Higher Education Supplement - QS World University Rankings 2007
- ^ "Trinity team makes vaccine discovery". 4 May 2009. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
- ^ Dublin, bbutler@tcd.ie, Trinity College. "Kingston Mills - Research : School of Biochemistry and Immunology : Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin, Ireland". www.tcd.ie. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Article on the Trinity College Dublin website". Retrieved 27 February 2018.
- ^ "Opsona Therapeutics Closes EUR18M Funding - FierceBiotech". www.fiercebiotech.com. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
- ^ "PR Newswire article". Retrieved 27 February 2018.