Curtana Pharmaceuticals
Pharmaceutical ManufacturingTexas, United States11-50 Employees
Curtana Pharmaceuticals is a privately held biopharmaceutical company based in Austin, Texas, focusing on early-stage, preclinical research in central nervous system cancers. It develops first-in-class, small-molecule therapeutics intended to be highly specific for cancer stem cells in the CNS, with glioblastoma and other brain cancers as its target indications. The work aims to advance targeted treatments for these conditions within the pharmaceutical landscape, supported by a relatively small company footprint. In February 2026, Curtana announced partnerships with the COGNO Newsletter and with Brain Cancer Australia Charity Ltd to support the launch of the OPAL study, a multi-site Phase 1 trial of CT-179 in recurrent glioblastoma in Australia, conducted with COGNO and ABCARA. These collaborations align with the company’s progression toward clinical evaluation of its CNS cancer programs.