Industry: Biotechnology

Sector: Healthcare

4D Molecular Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical-stage biotherapeutics company, develops genetic medicines using its therapeutic vector evolution platform. It develops a portfolio of genetic medicine product candidates focuses in three therapeutic areas: ophthalmology, cardiology, and pulmonology. The company has product candidates that are in clinical trials, such as 4D-125 that is in a Phase 1/2 clinical trial for the treatment of X-linked retinitis pigmentosa; 4D-110 that is in a Phase 1/2 clinical trial for the treatment of choroideremia; and 4D-310, which is in a Phase 1/2 clinical trial for the treatment of Fabry disease cardiomyopathy. Its product candidates also include 4D-150 for the treatment of wet age-related macular degeneration and diabetic macular edema; and 4D-710 for the treatment of cystic fibrosis lung disease. In addition, the company has two product candidates that are in preclinical development stage, such as 4D-175 for the treatment of geographic atrophy; and 4D-725 for the treatment of alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency lung disease. It has research and collaboration arrangements with uniQure; CRF; Roche; and CFF. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Emeryville, California.

4D Molecular Therapeutics Inc is evaluated using Mavefund's quality framework: growing earnings, durable profit margins, conservative leverage, strong return on equity, and disciplined share repurchases.