immunic, inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, develops a pipeline of selective oral immunology therapies for the treatment of chronic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases, including relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis, ulcerative colitis, crohn's disease, and psoriasis. its lead development program is imu-838, a selective immune modulator that inhibits the intracellular metabolism of activated immune cells by blocking the enzyme dihydroorotate dehydrogenase, which is in phase 2 clinical development for treatment of ulcerative colitis and relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis, as well as in phase 2 trial to treat crohn's disease. the company is also developing imu-935, an inverse agonist of rorgt; and imu-856 for the restoration of the intestinal barrier function in patients suffering from diseases, such as inflammatory bowel disease, irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhea, immune checkpoint inhibitor induced colitis, and other intestinal barrier function diseases. immu