APTINYX, INC.

EVANSTON, IL · Founded 2015 · CIK 0001674365 · Biotech · Defunct

NMDAR partial agonist small-molecule compounds (JY-505,317 and related series) that modulate glutamatergic signaling to treat neuropathic pain

Grants
$2.8M
4 awards
Sector median: 1
Raised
$95M
2 Form D · Dec 2017
106 months since last filing
Contracts
—
No federal contracts on record
Patents
40
26 granted · 14 pending
Sector median: 2

Capital Timeline

Federal above the line · equity below · node area scaled to amount
Capital and federal award history
DateEventSourceAmount
Federal grantDepartment of Health and Human Services · Phase I · Nmda Receptor Modulators As Nootropic Therapies In Aging Brain$311,866
Private capital raisedForm D · SEC$24,999,999
Federal grantDepartment of Health and Human Services · Phase I · Mitigating Taxol-Induced Neuropathy through Modulation of the NMDA Receptor$197,633
Federal grantDepartment of Health and Human Services · Phase II · A Novel Pharmacological Treatment for Neuropathic Pain$1,249,376
Federal grantDepartment of Health and Human Services · Phase II · A Novel Pharmacological Treatment for Neuropathic Pain$1,090,948
Private capital raisedForm D · SEC$70,000,000
Federal grant · SBIR/STTRForm D · SEC

Peer position

Biotech · 4373 companies · ranked on federal contract value
Biotech companies ranked by federal contract value
#CompanyContractsDisclosed equity
1483Modulate Bio Inc.—$200K
1484Aperta Biosciences, LLC—$175K
1485Treovir, Inc.—$133K
1486APTINYX, INC.—$95M
1487Selva Nexus, Inc.—$50K
1488NOVOBIOTIC PHARMACEUTICALS, LLC——
1489Cellevate Inc.—$25K

Ranked on federal contract value rather than capital raised. The equity column is the comparison worth making — companies at the same procurement position often sit at very different points in their funding history.

Founders & Team

From Form D filings · 11 related persons
  • Patrick EnrightDirector
  • Wilbur Gantz IIIDirector
  • Terry GouldDirector
  • Ashish KhannaExecutive Officer
  • Andrew KiddExecutive Officer
  • Adam KoppelDirector
  • Torsten MadsenExecutive Officer
  • Joseph MoskalExecutive Officer
  • Liam RatcliffeDirector
  • Norbert RiedelDirector · Executive Officer
  • James TopperDirector

Patents

USPTO · 26 granted of 40

Regulatory activity · Biotech

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