First Wave Biopharma, Inc. is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, which engages in the research and development of non-systemic therapies for the treatment of gastrointestinal diseases. The company is headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida and currently employs 9 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2016-10-11. Its programs address unmet needs in GI health and include latiglutenase, a Phase III-ready, oral biotherapeutic designed to aid gluten digestion and potentially reduce symptoms of celiac disease; capeserod, a selective 5-HT4 receptor partial agonist for multiple GI conditions, including gastroparesis, and adrulipase, a recombinant lipase enzyme designed to enable the digestion of fats and other nutrients in cystic fibrosis and chronic pancreatitis patients with exocrine pancreatic insufficiency. The firm also intends to develop Niclosamide, an oral small molecule anti-inflammatory inhibitor therapy for the treatment of ulcerative proctitis and ulcerative proctosigmoiditis, and immune checkpoint inhibitor-associated colitis and diarrhea in metastatic cancer patients.

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