Pentraxin Therapeutics Ltd is a UCL spin out company formed in 2001. It holds all the intellectual property and proprietary knowledge emanating from Professor Mark Pepys’ research at UCL. Pentraxin Therapeutics Ltd is concerned with the research and development of drugs for the treatment of amyloidosis and amyloid-related diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease and type II diabetes, as well as targeting the pathogenic effects of C-reactive protein in cardiovascular disease and inflammatory diseases.