Biotech Companies in Houston Making a Major Impact on Medicine

9. Salarius Pharmaceuticals

Founded: 2011

Focus: Targeted Cancer Therapies

What they do: Salarius Pharmaceuticals focuses on developing targeted therapies to treat various types of cancers. The company’s lead candidate, Seclidemstat, is intended to treat Ewing sarcoma, a pediatric and young adult bone cancer that currently lacks targeted therapies. Salarius Pharmaceuticals performs clinical trials for the treatment of other advanced solid tumors including prostate, breast and ovarian cancers.

10. RedVault Biosciences

Founded: 2013

Focus: Genomic Medicine

What they do: Founded by Michael Metzker, RedVault Biosciences develops technologies with the aim of advancing genomic medicine. The company is currently working on a variety of projects including the development of sequencing technologies to determine haplotypes and structural variation in complex genomes. RedVault Biosciences is dedicated to identifying technology needs, creating and testing ideas, and transferring deliverables to production and distribution.