TRACON Pharmaceuticals

TRACON Pharmaceuticals is a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing targeted therapies for cancer and macular degeneration.

TRACON Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, develops, licenses, and commercializes targeted therapies for cancer and age-related macular degeneration. Its products include TRC093, a recombinant humanized IgG1 monoclonal antibody that inhibits angiogenesis, tumor cell growth, and cancer metastasis by binding cleaved collagen in the extracellular matrix of solid tumors; TRC105, a human chimeric monoclonal antibody that binds endoglin for angiogenesis; TRC102, a molecule that reverses resistance to chemotherapeutics; and TRC101, a nanoliposome embedded with ceramide used to improve the activity and delivery of chemotherapeutics. TRACON Pharmaceuticals, Inc. was formerly known as Lexington Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and changed its name to TRACON Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in April 2005. The company was founded in 2005 and is based in San Diego, California.