Reata Pharmaceuticals
| Nasdaq: RETA | |
| Industry | Biotechnology |
| Founded | 1 January 2002 |
| Fate | Acquired by Biogen |
| Revenue | US $26.52 million (2019) US $53.59 million (2018) |
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| Website | www |
Reata Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a pharmaceutical company based in Plano, Texas. Founded in 2002, it is primarily focused on investigating experimental oral antioxidative and anti-inflammatory drugs, which dually activate the antioxidative transcription factor Nrf2 and inhibit the pro-inflammatory transcription factor NF-κB. The last CEO of Reata Pharmaceuticals was J. Warren Huff.
In July 2023, it was announced Reata had been acquired by the Cambridge, Massachusetts-headquartered multinational biotechnology company, Biogen for nearly $6.5 billion. The purchase was completed on September 26 and Reata stock was delisted from the Nasdaq.