Phenex Pharmaceuticals

Phenex Pharmaceuticals is a drug discovery and development company focused on developing novel pharmaceuticals.

Phenex is a privately financed biotechnology company that focuses on developing novel drug candidates that act on Nuclear Receptors, a pharmacologically well accepted drug target class. Nuclear receptors are of major importance for the body's homeostasis, as they integrate different intra- and extracellular signalling to initiate and regulate gene expression programs. This key role in a wide variety of signalling pathways qualifies them as important pharmacological targets. Nuclear receptor modulating drugs account for about 10% revenues of the total ethical drug market, applied in different indications, such as Hormone Replacement Therapy, Women's Health, Inflammation, Diabetes, Cancer and Dermatology.