ACER fundamentals

Acer Therapeutics is a pharmaceutical company that focuses on the acquisition, development, and commercialization of therapies for serious, rare, and life-threatening diseases with unmet medical needs. Its pipeline includes four clinical-stage candidates: emetine hydrochloride for the treatment of patients with COVID-19; ACER-001 (a taste-masked, immediate-release formulation of sodium phenylbutyrate), for the treatment of various inborn errs of metabolism, including urea cycle disorders (UCDs) and Maple Syrup Urine Disease (MSUD); EDSIVO (celiprolol), for the treatment of vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (vEDS) in patients with a confirmed type III collagen (COL3A1) mutation; and osanetant, for the treatment of induced Vasomotor Symptoms (iVMS). The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Newton, Massachusetts.