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Eisbach Bio surfs synthetic lethal wave

Feb. 4, 2022
By Anette Breindl
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“The premise of our whole company is that we target molecular machines, but we don’t target the engine,” Adrian Schomburg told BioWorld. Instead, “we interfere with the throttle and other highly specific controls of these machines.” “We,” in this case, is Eisbach Bio GmbH, a German startup that is developing anticancer programs aimed at exploiting synthetic lethality by targeting helicases. Founded in 2019, the company has three programs, a recently announced collaboration with MD Anderson Cancer Center in oncology, and another program in COVID-19.
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Biocaptiva gears up to test DNA capture device in clinical trials

Feb. 3, 2022
By Catherine Longworth
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University of Edinburgh spinoff Biocaptiva Ltd. is taking its cell free DNA (cfDNA) capture device to clinical trials in 2022 following promising preclinical results. The company’s platform technology is designed to increase the quantity of cfDNA available for liquid biopsy testing. Current liquid biopsy practices obtain cfDNA via a venous blood draw but the concentration of tumor-derived ctDNA can be too low for comprehensive testing. Biocaptiva’ device emerged from research at the University of Edinburgh investigating liquid biopsy technologies.
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Precision genomics startup Tensixteen Bio launches with $40M

Jan. 27, 2022
By Catherine Longworth
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Investors have backed a new precision medicine company targeting clonal hematopoiesis with $40 million. Tensixteen Bio Inc. is on a mission to understand how somatic mutations influence age-related diseases, including cancer. The San Francisco-based startup will use the funds to develop a genomics and clinical platform that can identify patients at high risk of developing disease.
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Servatus advances live microbial biotherapeutics after AU$7.5M capital raise

Jan. 25, 2022
By Tamra Sami
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PERTH, Australia – After raising AU$7.5 million (US$5.4 million) in a private placement, biopharma company Servatus Ltd. is advancing its microbial biotherapeutics clinical programs targeting serious autoimmune conditions. The Coolum, Queensland-based private company is focused on identifying and developing live microbial biotherapeutics and engineered proteins to treat chronic and autoimmune diseases, as well as non-antibiotic treatments for bacterial infections.
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Servatus advances live microbial biotherapeutics after AU$7.5M capital raise

Jan. 19, 2022
By Tamra Sami
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PERTH, Australia – After raising AU$7.5 million (US$5.4 million) in a private placement, biopharma company Servatus Ltd. is advancing its microbial biotherapeutics clinical programs targeting serious autoimmune conditions. The Coolum, Queensland-based private company is focused on identifying and developing live microbial biotherapeutics and engineered proteins to treat chronic and autoimmune diseases, as well as non-antibiotic treatments for bacterial infections.
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Patrick Doyle, CEO, Kbio Holdings Ltd.
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BAT follows tobacco rival Philip Morris into biotech, promising faster R&D with Kbio’s plant-based tech

Jan. 14, 2022
By Richard Staines
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Following Philip Morris International Inc.’s controversial takeover of respiratory drug firm Vectura plc, British American Tobacco plc (BAT) is also making inroads into medical research with U.K.-based Kbio Holdings Ltd., a biotech focused on plant-based medicine.
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Chronus Health raises $22M for portable blood analyzer

Jan. 12, 2022
By Meg Bryant
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Point-of-care (POC) diagnostics startup Chronus Health Inc. reeled in $22 million in a series A round led by Tarsadia Investments. The company plans to use the funds to scale its research, engineering and data science teams and hasten product and technology development. Monta Vista Capital, Sosv and Savantus Ventures also participated in the financings, along with an unidentified strategic investor.
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Strados Labs reels in $4.5M for smart respiratory sensor

Jan. 5, 2022
By Catherine Longworth
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Investors including SOSV, Cultivate(MD), Wavemaker360 Health, Blu Venture Investors and Broad Street Angels are backing Strados Labs LLC with $4.5 million. The pre-series A funding will be used to accelerate development of the company’s smart sensor platform Resp. The funding comes after Strados received FDA clearance for the product in December 2021 and brings its total raised to $7 million.
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Israel’s Protai comes out of stealth mode following $8M seed round

Jan. 5, 2022
By Tamra Sami
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A new artificial intelligence (AI)-powered drug discovery startup, Protai Bio, has emerged from stealth mode following an $8 million seed round led by Grove Ventures and Pitango Healthtech that will see the new company develop a platform to accelerate drug discovery.
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RNA strand
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Sixfold raises $10.5M to advance targeted mRNA therapies

Dec. 29, 2021
By Nuala Moran
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LONDON – The global pandemic has put the term mRNA on lips worldwide, but vaccines apart, the field of RNA therapeutics has failed to overcome the problem of delivery and is stuck at first base, targeting the liver. Newco Sixfold Bioscience Ltd. is the latest company working to end this constraint, applying a mixture of computation and advanced chemistry to design tissue-specific RNA delivery systems.
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