LIXT vs XRTX Comparison

Lixte Biotechnology Holdings Inc is a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to improving patients' lives by developing a drug class called Protein Phosphatase 2A inhibitors. Its product pipeline is focused on inhibitors of protein phosphatase 2A, used in combination with cytotoxic agents and/or x-rays, immune checkpoint blockers, and other cancer therapies. The Company believes that inhibitors of protein phosphatases have therapeutic potential for a broad range of cancers. It focuses on the clinical development of a specific protein phosphatase inhibitor, referred to as LB-100, which has been shown to have clinical anti-cancer activity at doses that produce little or no toxicity.

XORTX Therapeutics Inc is a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on identifying, developing, and potentially commercializing therapies to treat progressive kidney disease modulated by aberrant purine and uric acid metabolism and uric acid metabolism in orphan (rare) disease indications such as ADPKD and T2DN, as well as AKI associated with respiratory virus infection. Its focus is on developing three therapeutic products to slow or reverse the progression of chronic kidney disease, address the immediate need of individuals facing AKI associated with respiratory virus infection, and identify other opportunities where existing and new intellectual property can be leveraged to address health issues.