ProQR Therapeutics NV (NASDAQ: PRQR) is a Dutch biotechnology company based in Leiden, the Netherlands, with a presence in Cambridge, Massachusetts, US.
[2] ProQR was founded in 2012 by chief executive officer (CEO) Daniel A. de Boer and co-founders Henri Termeer, Dinko Valerio and Gerard Platenburg.
[7] Positive proof of concept (PoC) was achieved in 2016 with the clinical trial of the molecule QR-010 targeting the gene coding for cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTCR) in patients.
[7] In 2017, a spin-out of ProQR named Amylon Therapeutics was established in Leiden with the focus on the development of therapies for the central nervous system.
[8] In 2021, ProQR announced a collaboration with Eli Lilly and Company on the Axiomer technology focused on "genetic disorders in the liver and nervous system".