Applied Therapeutics Inc. Stock Analysis APLT

Applied Therapeutics, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company which engages in the development of a pipeline of novel products. The company is headquartered in New York City, New York and currently employs 28 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2019-05-09. The Company’s lead drug candidate, govorestat, is a central nervous system penetrant Aldose Reductase Inhibitor (ARI) for the treatment of CNS rare metabolic diseases, including classic galactosemia, sorbitol dehydrogenase (SORD) deficiency and phosphomannomutase 2 (PMM2)-congenital disorder glycosylation (CDG). The firm is also developing AT-001, an investigational, ARI developed as an oral therapy for the treatment of diabetic cardiomyopathy (DbCM). The company has completed a Phase I/II clinical trial evaluating AT-001 in approximately 120 patients with type II diabetes. The Company’s pipeline also includes AT-003, an ARI designed to cross through the back of the eye when dosed orally, and has demonstrated strong retinal penetrance, for the treatment of diabetic retinopathy (DR).