AGIO Stock Discussion

Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Description

Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, focuses on the development and commercialization of therapeutics in the field of cancer metabolism and inborn errors of metabolism (IEMs) in the United States. Its products include AG-221, an oral inhibitor of the mutated isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH) 2 protein for the treatment of patients with cancers that harbor IDH2 mutations, as well as for the Type II D-2 hydroxyglutaric aciduria treatment; AG-120, an oral inhibitor of the mutated IDH1 protein for the treatment of patients with cancers that harbor IDH1 mutations; and enzyme glutaminase that converts the nutrient glutamine into the metabolite glutamate. The company's products also comprise AG-348, an oral small molecule activator of PKR enzyme for the treatment of patients with pyruvate kinase deficiency. It has a collaboration agreement with Celgene Corporation. The company was founded in 2007 and is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Sector: Healthcare
Industry: Biotechnology
Keywords: Biopharmaceutical Cancer Acid Hydrogen Metabolism Organic Chemistry Glutamate Inborn Errors Of Metabolism Pyruvate Kinase Deficiency