OTR3
(Organ, Tissue, Regeneration, Repair and Replacement) is a SAS
(« Société par Actions Simplifiée ») and a non-listed company with
exclusive rights to develop a proprietary family of therapeutic agents,
called RGTA® (ReGeneraTing Agent).
OTR3 was founded in 2000 by Professors Jean Pierre Caruelle* and Denis Barritault
after winning in 1999 the French National contest for creation of
innovative company. The RGTA project ranked N°1 among all biotech
projects.
OTR3 has only private investors.
Denis Barritault was elected CEO in May 2004.
The Head Offices are in Paris, 4 rue Française 75001, and laboratory research
space is hired at the CRRET laboratory University Paris XII.
*
Jean-Pierre Caruelle, PhD, was Chief Scientific Adviser at OTR3 and
co-inventor of RGTA. Jean-Pierre Caruelle was professor at the University of Paris XII, and former
student at the Ecole Normale Supérieure. Deceased on January 23, 2007.