Synvista Therapeutics, Inc.

Synvista Therapeutics, Inc., a product-based biopharmaceutical company, develops diagnostic tests and drugs to identify and treat diabetic patients at high risk for the development of cardiovascular disease. The company’s products include ALT-2074, a glutathione peroxidase mimetic in Phase II clinical trials for the treatment of diabetic patients with Hp2-2; and Alagebrium chloride or alagebrium, an Advanced Glycation End-product Crosslink Breaker in Phase II clinical trials for the treatment of diastolic heart failure and diabetic nephropathy. It is also developing a diagnostic test to identify and treat patients with diabetes who are in risk of cardiovascular disease. The company, formerly known as Alteon, Inc., was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Montvale, New Jersey.