Sujatha Kannan
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, USA
Biography
Sujatha Kannan MD is an Associate Professor in Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine and Co-Director of the Pediatric Neurocritical Care Program at the Charlotte Bloomberg Children’s Center at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD. She is also the CMO of Orpheris Inc. Orpheris is focused on the treatment of neuroinflammatory orphan diseases that result in death or severe disabilities, ccALD, neonatal brain injury, Huntington's disease, Rett syndrome and autism spectrum disorders. Orpheris' patented hydroxyl dendrimer technology selectively targets inflammation in injured glial cells implicated in a number of brain diseases. Controlling inflammation through targeting injured glia with OP-101 is a potent weapon against CNS disorders. OP-101 is the company's first potential drug candidate utilizing hydroxyl dendrimer technology to deliver therapeutic doses of an anti-inflammatory drug across the blood brain barrier to reduce inflammation in glial cells.
Abstract
Abstract : OP-101: A novel therapy for treatment of childhood cerebral Adrenoleukodystrophy