The paludamentum was a cloak fastened at one shoulder, worn by Roman military commanders. When the general goes forth to war and they have changed into the paludamentum and have sounded the signals, he is said to set forth paludatus. The name "Paludatus" symbolizes that we have engaged in the battle against diseases and we are armed with drugs that are "cloaked" as prodrugs to effectively and decisively engage our opponent.

The paludamentum was dyed with a rare and very expensive color called tyrian purple. We have chosen this color as our company's primary color to further symbolize our name and our mission.

To develop novel prodrugs for unmet medical needs to save and sustain lives.