Best pharmaceutical companies in Chapel Hill, NC

Ascletis is a joint venture between U.S. and Chinese entrepreneurs aimed at building a global specialty therapeutics business dedicated to discovering and developing important new treatments for cancer and infectious diseases. Ascletis leverages U.S./European innovation and pharmaceutical/biotech strategic experience and China's capital efficiency with a goal of establishing in the near term a sustainable business and accelerated revenues through the in-licensing, late-stage clinical development, and commercialization of new medicines for the growing Chinese pharmaceutical marketplace. At the same time, the company is building long-term value through the discovery, demonstration of clinical proof-of-concept, and global partnering of novel therapeutics for life-threatening diseases.

Cardioxyl Pharmaceuticals is a privately held, clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing therapies for the treatment of cardiovascular disease, focusing on the discovery, development and commercialization of novel technologies for disease areas where current therapies don't exist, are ineffective or are inadequate. Cardioxyl has developed industry-leading expertise in the chemistry, biology and clinical applications of nitroxyl technology. The company's core nitroxyl platform has generated several pre-clinical and clinical candidates including the company's lead compound, CXL-1020, currently in clinical development for Acute Decompensated Heart Failure, the most common cause of hospitalization for patients older than 65 years of age.