protara therapeutics, inc., a clinical-stage company, engages in the identifying and advancing transformative therapies for people with rare and specialty diseases. the company's lead program is tara-002, an investigational cell therapy for the treatment of lymphatic malformations. it also develops intravenous choline chloride, an investigational phospholipid substrate replacement therapy for the treatment of intestinal failure associated liver disease. the company was formerly known as artara therapeutics, inc. and changed its name to protara therapeutics, inc. in may 2020. protara therapeutics, inc. is based in new york, new york.