PCSA Company Profile and Key Details

Processa Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, focuses on the development of drug products for the treatment of patients with unmet medical needs in the United States. Its lead product candidate is PCS499, an oral tablet that is in Phase 2B clinical trials for the treatment of ulcerative and non-ulcerative necrobiosis lipoidica, a chronic disfiguring condition. The company is also developing PCS12852, a novel selective 5-hydroxytryptamine 4 (5-HT4) receptor agonist that is in Phase 2A clinical trials for the treatment of gastroparesis, chronic constipation, constipation-predominant irritable bowel syndrome, and functional dyspepsia; PCS3117, a cytosine analog, which is in Phase 2B clinical trials for the treatment of pancreatic and non-small cell lung cancer; and PCS6422, an oral, potent, selective, and irreversible inhibitor of dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase that is in Phase 1B clinical trials for treating metastatic colorectal and breast cancer. In addition, it develops PCS11T, an analog of SN38 and irinotecan drug for the treatment of various cancers. The company was incorporated in 2011 and is based in Hanover, Maryland.