CHIMERIX INC (CMRX)

Company Profile

Chimerix, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company, which engages in the research, development, and commercialization of pharmaceutical products. The company is headquartered in Durham, North Carolina and currently employs 89 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2013-04-11. The firm is focused on developing medicines that address unmet medical needs. The firm's product Imipridones is a cancer therapy that provides ONC201, which is in clinical-stage development for H3 K27M-mutant glioma as its lead indication. In addition, imipridone ONC206 is in dose-escalating clinical trials. Imipridones target specific G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) and mitochondrial caseinolytic protease P (ClpP), resulting in cancer cell death. The firm's product Imipridone chemical scaffold provides an opportunity to target GPCRs and ClpP with tunable specificity and modality, which enables therapeutic use for cancer and other diseases. Its ONC206 is an imipridone, Dopamine Receptor D2 (DRD2) antagonist and ClpP agonist. Its ONC212 is an imipridone, an investigational agonist of the orphan GPCR tumor suppressor GPR132, as well as ClpP. Its CMX521 is a nucleoside analog antiviral drug candidate for the treatment of SARS-CoV-2.

Company Info

CHIMERIX INC

2505 Meridian Parkway, Suite 100

Durham NORTH CAROLINA 27713

P: 19198061074

CEO: Michael A. Sherman

Employees: 89

Website: https://www.chimerix.com/