Telomir Pharmaceuticals (TELO) has filed for a proposed IPO.
The company describes itself as: "We are a pre-clinical-stage pharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of TELOMIR-1, a novel small molecule being developed to function as an oral in situ therapeutic treatment for human stem cells. Based on our pre-clinical studies and if approved by the FDA and comparable foreign regulators, we believe that TELOMIR-1 may potentially serve as a metal enzyme inhibitor of essential metals such as zinc and copper. These essential metals play an important role in the production and function of many enzymatic reactions and the modulation of key cellular pathways. In particular, zinc is essential to the function of pro-inflammatory cytokines such as Interleukin-17, or IL-17, that play a role in a host of age-related inflammatory conditions such as hemochromatosis and osteoarthritis as well as in post-chemotherapy health problems. IL-17 is a type of pro-inflammatory cytokine, and while the pro-inflammatory properties of IL-17 are key to its host-protective capacity, unrestrained IL-17 signaling is associated with immunopathology, inflammatory disease and cancer progression. Our initial focus will be on treatments to inhibit the production of pro-inflammatory cytokines, such as IL-17, by oral administration of TELOMIR-1 as a therapeutic treatment for stem cells in situ. To the best of our knowledge, there is no approved oral IL-17 inhibitor. Our goal is to advance the clinical development of TELOMIR-1 in the United States for the treatment of age-related inflammatory conditions such as hemochromatosis and osteoarthritis, as well as in post-chemotherapy recovery, with our initial targeted indications being hemochromatosis and post-chemotherapy recovery."
Kingswood Investments will serve as sole undewriter.