Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc (XENE)

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Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc is a Canada-based clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company. It is engaged in discovering and developing a pipeline of differentiated therapeutics for orphan indications. Its product pipeline includes: Glybera, TV-45070, GDC-0310, XEN901 (Nav1.6 inhibitor) and XEN1101. Glybera is used for the treatment of lipoprotein lipase deficiency (LPLD). Specifically, it is intended to treat LPLD in patients with severe or multiple pancreatitis attacks, despite dietary fat restrictions. TV-45070 is a small-molecule inhibitor of the sodium channel Nav1.7 and other sodium channels, including those that are expressed in the pain-sensing peripheral nervous system. XEN901 is developed for the treatment of rare infantile epileptic encephalopathy and other forms of epilepsy. XEN1101, is a potassium channel modulator for the treatment of epilepsy. Its Extreme Genetics discovery platform enables the Company to identify drug targets that are more biologically relevant in humans.