Selecta Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:SELB)

Selecta Biosciences, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, researches and develops nanoparticle immunomodulatory drugs for the treatment and prevention of human diseases. Its proprietary pipeline includes therapeutic enzymes, gene therapies, and other products and product candidates affected by undesired immune responses. The company's lead product is SEL-212 that in Phase II clinical trials for the treatment of chronic refractory gout. It is also developing SEL-403, which is in Phase I clinical trials for the treatment of patients with malignant pleural or peritoneal mesothelioma. In addition, the company engages in the development of gene therapy product candidates that are in preclinical development for rare inborn errors of metabolism, including SEL-302, a therapy program for the treatment methylmalonic academia; and SEL-313, a product candidate to treat ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency. Selecta Biosciences, Inc. has license and collaboration agreements with Spark Therapeutics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Shenyang Sunshine Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., and BIND Therapeutics, Inc.; and a strategic partnership with Asklepios BioPharmaceutical, Inc. for the development, manufacture, and commercialization of targeted therapeutics for adeno-associated virus gene therapies in the areas of high medical need. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Watertown, Massachusetts.