Introduction
AnGes, Inc.
 AnGes, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company with a mission to provide patients suffering from diseases for which no effective therapy has been available to date, with innovative drugs. AnGes focuses on development of gene medicines, a next-generation biopharmaceutical.

AnGes, Inc. was founded in December 1999 based on an innovative discovery by researchers at Osaka University. AnGes already went through the first stage of research and development and is now in the second stage of commercialization. For our lead product, HGF Plasmid (gene therapy) for the treatment of critical limb ischemia, a serious impairment of blood circulation in the leg, the company has filed an application for marketing approval in Japan. Furthermore “Naglazyme®,” a drug for the treatment of mucopolysaccharidosis VI, an intractable disease, has already been marketed in Japan.

Development of “NF-κB decoy oligonucleotide,” a nucleic acid medicine that suppresses inflammation for diseases including , low back pain, and“DNA vaccines”for high blood pressure is also under way.

Having started from research and development and now embarking on the new stage of commercialization, AnGes strives to fulfill the expectations of patients, their families, shareholders, investors and the general public waiting for new drugs to be available and aims at becoming a “global leader in the field of gene medicine.”

アンジェスは難病・稀少病や有効な治療法のない疾患を対象に、患者さんに革新的な医薬品をいち早くお届けすることを使命とするバイオ製薬企業です。遺伝子の働きを利用した新しいタイプのバイオ医薬品である遺伝子医薬の開発と実用化を目指しています。

当社は大阪大学の基礎研究を基に1999年に設立されて以降、研究と開発の第1段階を経て、いよいよ商業化に向けた第2ステージを迎えました。当社の主力プロジェクトである足の血流が極度に悪化する重症虚血肢を対象としたHGF遺伝子治療薬については、国内における製造販売承認申請を行いました。また、難病のムコ多糖症治療薬「ナグラザイム」を国内で販売しています。 また、椎間板性腰痛症などさまざまな炎症を抑える核酸医薬「NF-kBデコイオリゴ」や高血圧を対象とした「DNAワクチン」の開発も進めています。