Kolltan Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Biotechnology ResearchConnecticut, United States2-10 Employees
Kolltan Pharmaceuticals is a privately held clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on developing therapeutics for oncology and other serious diseases by creating biologic agents that modulate receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs). Based in New Haven, Connecticut, the company operates in close collaboration with Yale's medical and scientific community, including the laboratory of co-founder Dr. Joseph Schlessinger. Its work draws on deep expertise in RTKs, their ligands, and cellular signaling to advance potential medicines for cancer patients and other individuals facing serious conditions. The first clinical trial in its pipeline was initiated in January 2014, marking an early milestone in its development program. Kolltan positions itself within the biotechnology research sector as pursuing biologics that modulate RTK signaling in oncology and related areas, leveraging its proximity to academic partners to support research.