Jecure Therapeutics
Biotechnology ResearchCalifornia, United States11-50 Employees
Jecure Therapeutics is focused on the discovery of innovative therapeutics for the treatment of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and liver fibrosis. Jecure’s academic founder is Dr. Ariel Feldstein, Division Chief of Gastroenterology at UCSD School of Medicine and a leading physician-scientist in hepatology. With operations in the biotech hub of San Diego, California, Jecure combines emerging NASH biology from Dr. Feldstein’s lab with an elite discovery team of veteran pharma/biotech scientists. Jecure’s lead program has identified small molecule inhibitors of a novel target and pro-inflammatory driver of NASH. Jecure is backed by top-tier life science investor Versant Ventures.