Nathan L. Mata

Part of Lin BioScience, Inc., Belite Bio LLC is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical drug development company based in San Diego, CA. Tinlarebant has been granted fast track designation and rare pediatric disease designation in the US and orphan drug designation in the EU for the treatment of STGD1. Belite Bio is focused on advancing novel therapeutics targeting retinal degenerative eye diseases with significant unmet medical needs, such as atrophic age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and autosomal recessive Stargardt disease, type 1, or STGD1. The private company's lead candidate, Tinlarebant, is a novel oral therapy intended to reduce the accumulation of toxins in the eye that cause STGD1 and contribute to geographic atrophy (GA). Belite Bio is currently conducting a two-year phase 2 study and enrolling patients in a two-year phase 3 study (Dragon) of Tinlarebant in adolescent STGD1 subjects and plans to begin enrolling patients in a two-year phase 3 study (Phoenix) of Tinlarebant in GA in mid-2023. The company was founded in 2016 by Cheng Chi Wang.

Trethera Corp. operates as a biopharmaceutical firm. The company was founded by Caius Radu, Johannes Czernin, David Nathanson, Owen N. Witte and Michael E. Jung and is headquartered in Sherman Oaks, CA.

ReVision Therapeutics, Inc. develops drugs for the treatment of age-related macular degeneration diseases. The firm operates as a ophthalmic biopharmaceutical company. Its products include Fenretinide, an oral medication that reduces the accumulation of A2E in the retina, and slows down the growth of atrophic lesions, which precedes vision loss. The company was founded in April 2010 and is headquartered in La Jolla, CA.

Sirion Therapeutics, Inc. provides biopharmaceutical products and services. It manufactures, develops and commercialize ophthalmic products for eye diseases. The company was founded by Barry Butler, Susan Benton, Philippe Boulangeat and Roger Vogel in November 2005 and is headquartered in Tampa, FL.

Part of Bausch Health Cos., Inc., Sytera, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company that provides biopharmaceutical services and products. The private company is based in La Jolla, CA. The company was founded by Jay B. Lichter, Kenneth J. Widder, Nathan L. Mata. Sytera was acquired by Sirion Therapeutics, Inc. on August 16, 2006 for $250 million.

Part of University of California, Jules Stein Eye Institute operates as an eye institute. The private company is based in Los Angeles, CA.