4D Molecular Therapeutics Inc

4DMT operates as a clinical-stage genetic medicines company focused on inventing and developing genetic medicines to treat large market diseases in ophthalmology, pulmonology and cardiology. The company is headquartered in Emeryville, California and currently employs 196 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2020-12-11. The firm's lead product candidate 4D-150 is designed to be a backbone therapy forming the foundation of treatment of blinding retinal vascular diseases by providing multi-year sustained delivery of anti-VEGF (aflibercept and anti-VEGF-C) with a single, safe, intravitreal injection, which substantially reduces the treatment burden associated with current bolus injections. Its lead indication for 4D-150 is wet age-related macular degeneration, which is in Phase III development, and second indication is diabetic macular edema. The firm is developing 4D-710 for the treatment of a range of people with cystic fibrosis independent of their specific CFTR mutation. 4D-710 is an investigational genetic medicine candidate using the A101 vector for the treatment of cystic fibrosis lung disease. The firm's non-core programs include 4D-175, 4D-725, and 4D-310.