| Genaera Corporation is a biopharmaceutical company committed to developing medicines for serious diseases from genomics and natural products. The Company's research and development efforts are focused on anti-angiogenesis and respiratory diseases. Squalamine is a naturally occurring water-soluble small molecule and the Company's lead anti-angiogenic development candidate. The Company's development efforts for this anti-angiogenic molecule are focused on serious diseases, including age-related macular degeneration and cancer. It also maintains a respiratory product development program designed to discover and develop treatment alternatives for respiratory diseases. Through genomics research, Genaera has concentrated its efforts on determining the manner in which genes specifically impact respiratory disease. Its first genomics-based program is focused on the development of a blocking antibody to interleukin-9 to treat a root cause of asthma. |