Surrozen, Inc., a biotechnology company, discovers and develops drug candidates to selectively modulate the Wnt pathway for tissue repair. Its lead product candidates are antibody-based therapeutics that target various disease areas, including diseases of the intestine, liver, retina, cornea, lung, kidney, cochlea, skin, pancreas, and central nervous system. The company develops SZN-814, which combines Frizzled 4 (Fzd4 agonism) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF antagonism) to treat diabetic macular edema (DME), neovascular age-related macular degeneration (wet AMD), and retinopathy indications; SZN-8143, which combines Fzd4 agonism, VEGF antagonism, and interleukin-6 for the treatment of DME/wet AMD/uveitic macular edema; SZN-113 to treat Fuchs’ endothelial corneal dystrophy and geographic atrophy; and SZN-413, a Fzd4 targeted bi-specific antibody for the treatment of retinal vascular associated diseases. Surrozen, Inc. has a collaboration and license agreement with Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH to research, develop, and commercialize Fzd4 bi-specific antibodies; and a research collaboration agreement with TCGFB, Inc. to discover antibody therapeutics targeting transforming growth factor beta, or TGF-ß, for the treatment of pulmonary fibrosis. Surrozen, Inc. was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, California.
Surrozen Reports Second Quarter 2026 Financial Results and Provides Business Update
Surrozen reported Q2 2026 revenue of $5.0 million, driven by a milestone payment from partner Boehringer Ingelheim, and ended the quarter with $102.0 million in cash.
The company remains on track to submit an IND for SZN-8141 in diabetic macular edema by the end of Q3 2026 and initiate the DUET Phase 1b/2a study by year-end, with initial data anticipated in the second half of 2027.
In a significant IP development, the U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board denied Merck's post-grant review petition challenging a key Surrozen patent, reinforcing the company's intellectual property position.