SteroTherapeutics is a privately held pharmaceutical company focused on developing novel therapies for diseases with significant unmet needs. SteroTherapeutics is pursuing a novel drug therapy for major diseases related to metabolic syndrome, which afflicts 35% of the US adult population.
Our lead molecule, Fluasterone is a non-androgenic analogue of dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA). Fluasterone is a selective anti-glucocorticoid which suppresses many of glucocorticoid deleterious effects but does not antagonize its anti-inflammatory activity. This unique mechanism of action makes it a suitable molecule for managing in which excess exposure of glucocorticoids (e.g.Cushings’ syndrome) or chronic administration of exogenous steroids that is the standard of care in certain rare diseases like Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD).
