The financing was led by LS Polaris Innovation Fund, lead seed investor Mission BioCapital, INKEF Capital and the Dementia Discovery Fund, and co-led by Droia Ventures. Additional new investors include Mitsui Global Investment and Dolby Family Ventures, joined by investments from existing investors Amgen Ventures,...
Proceeds from the financing will be used to advance the development of Accent’s novel therapies targeting RNA-modifying proteins (RMPs), including its lead programs METTL3 and ADAR1, and to continue to expand its pipeline in the rich target space of RNA modification....
Highlight Therapeutics (“Highlight”), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing RNA-based therapies against cancer, announces the appointment of Carlos Paya, MD, PhD, as Executive Chairman with immediate effect. The Company has also significantly expanded its Advisory Board with a number of internationally-renowned scientific and industry leaders. In...
Montis was founded by Droia Ventures, VIB and KU Leuven based on the foundational science discovered by the labs of Peter Carmeliet (VIB-KU Leuven) and Massimiliano Mazzone (VIB-KU Leuven). For the seed financing, the founders were joined by new investors Polaris Partners, ALSA Ventures and...
Polaris Partners led the financing with additional investment from DROIA Oncology Ventures, the Global Health Sciences (GHS) Fund (Quark Venture LP and GF Securities), and ARCH Venture Partners....
Combined with proceeds from previous financings, PACT will use the Series C proceeds to expand the scope of its clinical plan to investigate NeoTCR-T cell products targeting multiple neoantigens for a spectrum of solid tumor types. In addition to clinical expansion, PACT will open in...
“George’s extensive experience will be invaluable to Aura as we prepare for upcoming corporate milestones,” said Elisabet de los Pinos, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer of Aura Biosciences....
Under the terms of the agreement, Cristal Therapeutics and Intravacc will collaborate with an initial focus on generating a CriVac® vaccine candidate based on the receptor-binding domain of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein. In addition, Cristal Therapeutics will provide its powerful copper-free click chemistry reagent, CliCr®,...
He joins from Proteus Digital Health, where he served as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Mehra has deep experience across pharmaceuticals, technology and financial services, through senior roles at Novartis, IBM and Citibank....
C&EN writers and editors scoured the start-up landscape for standouts and reader nominations. These fledging firms are being recognized for their world-changing chemistry innovations and bringing them to market....