Adial Pharmaceuticals Inc

Adial Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company. Its lead program is AT177, a proprietary colon‑targeted aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) agonist designed to enable localized activation with limited systemic exposure in development for ulcerative colitis. AT177 is a fully synthetic, patented, oral AhR agonist designed to restore mucosal immune homeostasis at the site of disease with minimal systemic exposure. AT177's active ingredient is a prodrug of indirubin, a potent AhR agonist within indigo naturalis, a botanical extract with clinical efficacy in ulcerative colitis. AT177's colon-targeted formulation delivers therapeutic AhR engagement directly to the colonic mucosa with exquisite gut restriction, minimizing the systemic AhR exposure associated with adverse effects. Its historical investigational new drug product, AD04, is a genetically targeted, serotonin-3 receptor antagonist, therapeutic agent for the treatment of Alcohol Use Disorder in heavy drinking patients.