Keros Therapeutics

Keros Therapeutics, Inc. operates as a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company. The company is headquartered in Lexington, Massachusetts and currently employs 78 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2020-04-08. The firm is focused on developing and commercializing novel therapeutics to treat a range of patients with disorders that are linked to dysfunctional signaling of the transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-B), family of proteins. Its lead product candidate, KER-050, is being developed for the treatment of low blood cell counts, or cytopenias, including anemia and thrombocytopenia, in patients with myelodysplastic syndromes, and in patients with myelofibrosis. Its product candidate, KER-012, is being developed for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension, or PAH, and for the treatment of cardiovascular disorders. Its product candidate, KER-065, is being developed for the treatment of obesity and for the treatment of neuromuscular diseases. KER-050 is designed to raise red blood cell and platelet production by inhibiting the signaling of a subset of the TGF-B family of proteins to promote hematopoiesis.