Rapport Therapeutics Inc

NASDAQ:RAPP

Rapport Therapeutics, Inc. engages in the discovery and development of transformational small molecule medicines for patients suffering from central nervous system disorders. The company is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts and currently employs 69 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2024-06-07. The firm focuses on developing a new class of precision neuromedicines aimed at providing patients with alternatives to existing treatments for central nervous system disorders. The company advances a pipeline of therapeutic programs to patients living with central nervous system (CNS) disorders, including focal onset epilepsy, pain, bipolar disorder, and hearing disorders. Its program ionotropic receptors for glutamate (iGluR) are ligand gated ion channels activated by the neurotransmitter glutamate. Its RAP-219 is a clinical-stage small molecule designed to achieve neuroanatomical specificity through its selective targeting of a RAP known as TARPy8, which is associated with the neuronal AMPAR, a clinically validated target for epilepsy.