P2D Bioscience

Employee size

2-10

Organization type

Privately Held

Headquarters

Cincinnati, OH

Founded

2005

P2D Bioscience is a specialty pharmaceutical company developing drug candidates for inflammatory disorders of the central nervous system, with a pipeline aimed at frontotemporal dementia, Alzheimer’s disease and ADHD. Its approach combines targeted phenotypic screening with transgenic preclinical models, while its management brings deep experience in neuroscience, toxicology and early-stage drug development. The company advances candidates through preclinical and early clinical studies before seeking partners for later development and commercialization.

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