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Wednesday
Dec142011

Celladon (private)

Celladon is a privately held biotechnology company founded with the goal of developing molecular therapies for cardiovascular diseases. Breakthroughs in the basic understanding of the cardiovascular networks combined with powerful new technologies have provided the foundation for new, rational, and technologically sophisticated approaches to cardiovascular treatments. The first product candidate is designed to target the key enzyme deficiency in advanced heart failure which regulates calcium cycling and contractility in heart muscle cells. Celladon scientists, led by company co-founder Roger J. Hajjar, M.D., Director of the Cardiovascular Research Center at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, developed MYDICAR®, a potential breakthrough for the treatment of severe heart failure. MYDICAR is designed to restore a critical enzyme necessary for the heart to pump more efficiently.