# Aer Therapeutics

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/aer-therapeutics/  
**Website:** https://aertherapeutics.com  
**APIs profiled:** 0

Aer Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company based in the Research Triangle Park / Raleigh area of North Carolina, developing novel treatments for muco-obstructive lung diseases such as COPD, asthma, cystic fibrosis, and non-CF bronchiectasis. A spinout from Dr. John Fahy's laboratory at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), the company's lead candidate, AER-01 (fexlamose), is an inhaled small-molecule mucolytic designed to break down and liquefy the dense mucus plugs that obstruct airflow in the lungs. Aer closed a $36 million Series A backed by life-science investors including Canaan, OrbiMed, Hatteras Venture Partners, and Pappas Capital. Aer Therapeutics is a private, research-focused therapeutics company and does not publish a public developer platform, API, or SDKs; this profile captures its corporate identity within the API Evangelist network.

## Kin Score — 10.0 / 100 (minimal)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 10.0).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 50.0 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 0.0 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 4.8 |
| Commercial Clarity | 21.1 |
| Access Clarity | 21.1 |

Regulatory layer — **Health**: 17.5 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 0.0 (human-only)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | no |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Unknown — onboarding: unknown, pricing: unknown, trial: no (confidence: low).

## Security (1)

- **Aer Therapeutics Domain Security** — TLSv1.3

## Tags

Company, Biopharmaceutical, Biotechnology, Therapeutics, Life Sciences, Respiratory, Pharmaceuticals, Clinical Stage

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/aer-therapeutics/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.