Lumos Pharma Inc

NASDAQ:LUMO

Lumos Pharma, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, which engages in the development and commercialization of therapeutics for rare diseases. The company is headquartered in Austin, Texas and currently employs 29 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2011-11-11. The firm is focused on identifying, acquiring, developing, and commercializing products and therapies for people with rare diseases. Its lead product candidate is LUM-201, a therapy for pediatric growth hormone deficiency (PGHD) and other rare endocrine disorders. LUM-201 stimulates growth hormone (GH) through the GH secretagogue receptor. Its product provides a differentiated mechanism of action to treat rare endocrine disorders by increasing the amplitude of endogenous and pulsatile GH secretion. LUM-201 is an orally administered small molecule, which is a GH secretagogue for rare endocrine disorders where injectable recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH) is approved. Its pipeline features development programs for rare diseases associated with growth hormone deficiencies. Its subsidiaries include NewLink International, BlueLink Pharmaceuticals, Inc, BioProtection Systems Corporation and Lumos Pharma Sub, Inc.