Aligos Therapeutics(ALGS.US)

Aligos Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, focuses on the development of novel therapeutics to address unmet medical needs in liver and viral diseases. Its drug candidate, ALG-055009, a small molecule THR-ß agonist that is in the Phase 2a clinical trial for the treatment of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis and obesity. The company also develops pevifoscorvir sodium, a capsid assembly modulator, which is in Phase 2 B clinical trial; and ALG-097558, a small molecule ritonavir-free pan-coronavirus protease inhibitor which has completed a Phase 1 clinical trial for the treatment of coronavirus. The company has entered into license and research collaboration agreement with Emory University; and Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.