Athira Pharma

LeonaBio, Inc. engages in the development of small molecules to restore neuronal health and stop neurodegeneration. The company is headquartered in Bothell, Washington and currently employs 19 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2020-09-18. The firm's lead drug candidates, lasofoxifene and ATH-1105, are novel, small molecule therapies with the potential to address devastating diseases where current treatment options are limited or ineffective. ATH-1105 is a novel, orally available, brain-penetrant, next-generation small-molecule drug candidate designed to positively modulate the neurotrophic HGF system for potential treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, including ALS, Alzheimer's disease, and Parkinson's disease. Lasofoxifene is a novel, nonsteroidal SERM with a binding profile, designed to confer potent activity against both wild-type and mutant estrogen receptors, including the clinically significant ESR1 mutations.