Upendra K. Marathi

7 Hills Pharma LLC is a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company based in Houston, TX. The private company is developing first-in-concept integrin activators to augment immunotherapies for the treatment of drug-resistant solid tumors and infectious diseases. The lead compound, 7HP349, is an oral VLA-4/LFA-1 allosteric activator that will be in phase I testing for PD-1 refractory solid tumors and geriatric influenza. The company's compounds are expected to augment antigen presentation and immune priming to facilitate a productive immune response against a variety of antigens. 7 Hills Pharma is managed by an experienced group of pharmaceutical executives, including Richard A. F. Dixon, Upendra K. Marathi, Kala Marathi, Peter Vanderslice, and Darren Woodside. Upendra K. Marathi has been the CEO since incorporation.

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