Our Opinion

Reneo Pharmaceuticals Inc. is on the Cruelty Free Investing use of animals list because they conduct pre-clinical studies of their drugs on animals to assess a product’s safety profile.

Supporting Evidence:

The company stated in the following report that they exploit animals for product testing.

“PPARd is highly expressed in muscle cells and activation of PPARd either through genetic manipulation or through small molecule agonists has been shown to increase the ability of muscle cells to use fatty acids as well as improve muscle strength and exercise tolerance in study animals.” (Page 3) Read the full document

Company Description

Reneo Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company, focuses on the development of therapies for patients with rare genetic mitochondrial diseases. It develops REN001, a selective peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor delta agonist, which is in Phase IIb clinical trial in patients with primary mitochondrial myopathies, as well as in Phase 1b clinical trial in patients with long-chain fatty acid oxidation disorders and glycogen storage disease type V. Reneo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. was incorporated in 2014 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.

Company Website: https://reneopharma.com