Real Challenges,
Real Solutions
Precision therapies for genetically defined diseases.
Opportunity for Impact
Cogent Biosciences is a biotechnology company developing real solutions to treat genetically driven diseases. With a focus on the design of rational precision therapies, we are leveraging validated biology to address the true underlying drivers of disease and provide real hope for patients.
Millions of people around the world are living with a genetically defined disease. Mutations can create a ripple effect in the body to trigger illness – cancers, autoimmune conditions, and rare diseases. For most of these diseases, despite the available therapies, there still exists a significant unmet need to extend survival and improve the quality of life for patients.
Advancing Best-in-Class Precision Therapies
At Cogent, we start with the end in mind – with the goal of delivering meaningful therapies that improve human health. We focus on diseases where the cause is well understood and is directly linked to a genetic mutation, providing a path forward to develop novel precision therapies. Our lead therapeutic (PLX9486) is a precision kinase inhibitor designed to selectively and potently inhibit the KIT D816V mutation. This mutation is responsible for driving a rare and serious condition called Systemic Mastocytosis which can severely impact many different tissues and organs in the body. We are also studying PLX9486 to treat advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST), which have a strong dependence on oncogenic KIT signaling.
Our People,
Our Promise.
Cogent is driven by the patients we serve and committed to the opportunity to deliver novel precision therapies to patients with unmet medical needs. We are a Company of people who are passionate and dedicated to turning the promises of our therapies into reality in order to transform the lives of patients.
