Polaris Group, a privately held multinational biopharmaceutical drug company, specializes in the research and development of protein drugs to treat cancer and other debilitating diseases in humans.

Polaris' lead project is ADI-PEG 20, a biotherapeutic agent that is in advanced clinical development for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma and metastatic melanoma.

Polaris is collaborating with EnzymeRx in the development of Uricase-PEG 20 for the treatment of gout, tumor lysis syndrome, and other diseases related to hyperuricemia.

Polaris is also researching and developing other biotherapeutic agents and has a small molecule drug program. The latter utilizes a rational structure-based approach for the design of novel compounds that inhibit the biological function of cancer-related protein targets.

Biotechnology

Pharmaceutical

Polaris Pharmaceuticals

Shaw T. Chen

Teams at Polaris Pharmaceuticals

Research and Development Team

Leadership Team