Our Opinion

Avalo Therapeutics Inc. is on the Cruelty Free Investing list for exploiting animals because the company does animal testing for some of their medical analysis and clinical research.

Supporting Evidence:

The company stated in the following press release that they use animals for product testing.

“CERC-501 is a potent and selective oral KOR antagonist being developed to treat substance use disorders and for adjunctive treatment of major depressive disorder (MDD). KORs have been shown to play an important role in stress, mood and addiction in animal models.” Read the following article

Company Description

Avalo Therapeutics, Inc., formerly Cerecor, Inc., is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company. The Company discovers, develops, and commercializes targeted therapeutics for patients with clinical need in immunology, immuno-oncology, and rare genetic diseases. Its pipeline consists of product candidates include AVTX-002, AVTX-007, AVTX-006 and AVTX 800 programs.

Company Website: https://www.avalotx.com