Ocean Biomedical Stock (NASDAQ:OCEA)

Ocean Biomedical, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, focuses on discovering and developing therapeutic products in oncology, fibrosis, infectious diseases, and inflammation. The company is developing mono-specific and bi-specific humanized monoclonal antibodies (mAb) product candidates targeting Chi3l1 for the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer and glioblastoma multiforme; and a small molecule product candidate targeting Chit1 for the treatment of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis and Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome. It is also developing three product candidates based on the WPDS platform, including a malaria vaccine candidate; a humanized mAb malaria therapeutic candidate targeting Plasmodium falciparum glutamic-acid-rich protein (PfGARP); and a small molecule malaria therapeutic candidate targeting PfGARP, as well as a product candidate for the treatment of COVID-19 in hospitalized patients. The company was incorporated in 2019 and is based in Providence, Rhode Island.