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Newco news

Azalea exits stealth to develop its in vivo gene engineering technology

Nov. 6, 2025
By Brian Orelli
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San Francisco Bay Area researchers from UC Berkeley, UC San Francisco and Stanford University have combined their technologies to create Azalea Therapeutics Inc., a company focused on editing cells in vivo.
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Cancer

Neok Bio launches with $75M to develop bispecific ADCs

Nov. 6, 2025
By Brian Orelli
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Neok Bio Inc. was formed earlier this year and is already on schedule to file an IND in a few months for its two bispecific antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) to treat various types of tumors. The biotech got a leg up on development from its principal investor, Korean biotech ABL Bio Inc., where the discovery work was accomplished.
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Bispecific antibodies with heavy chain in green and pink, light chain in blue and yellow
Newco news

Neok Bio launches with $75M to develop bispecific ADCs

Nov. 5, 2025
By Brian Orelli
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Neok Bio Inc. was formed earlier this year and is already on schedule to file an IND in a few months for its two bispecific antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) to treat various types of tumors.
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Immune

Zag Bio launches with $80M to dampen immune response via thymus

Oct. 29, 2025
By Brian Orelli
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Zag Bio Inc. came out of stealth mode with $80 million in funding so far, including a recently closed series A financing, to develop its platform for autoimmune diseases using drugs targeted to the thymus where thymic regulatory cells are produced.
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Newco news

Zag Bio launches with $80M to dampen immune response via thymus

Oct. 28, 2025
By Brian Orelli
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Zag Bio Inc. came out of stealth mode with $80 million in funding so far, including a recently closed series A financing, to develop its platform for autoimmune diseases using drugs targeted to the thymus where thymic regulatory cells are produced.
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Drug design, drug delivery & technologies

Flagship Pioneering launches Expedition to advance covalent-binding drugs

Oct. 23, 2025
By Brian Orelli
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Expedition Medicines, which Flagship Pioneering Inc. has incubated for the past three years, came out of stealth mode with a $50 million commitment from Flagship to support Expedition’s platform technology to discover small molecules that covalently bind to their target.
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Newco news

Flagship Pioneering launches Expedition to advance covalent-binding drugs

Oct. 22, 2025
By Brian Orelli
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Expedition Medicines, which Flagship Pioneering Inc. has incubated for the past three years, came out of stealth mode with a $50 million commitment from Flagship to support Expedition’s platform technology to discover small molecules that covalently bind to their target.
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Immune

Excellergy launches with $70M for a new class of allergy drugs

Oct. 16, 2025
By Brian Orelli
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With $70 million in hand, Excellergy Inc. is ready to advance its lead candidate for allergic diseases into clinical trials. The series A round was led by Samsara Biocapital with co-investments from Red Tree Venture Capital and Decheng Capital.
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Mast cell releasing histamine during allergic response

Excellergy launches with $70M for a new class of allergy drugs

Oct. 13, 2025
By Brian Orelli
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With $70 million in hand, Excellergy Inc. is ready to advance its lead candidate for allergic diseases into clinical trials. The series A round was led by Samsara Biocapital with co-investments from Red Tree Venture Capital and Decheng Capital.
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Immune

Dualitas launches with $65M to advance bispecifics for I&I

Sep. 17, 2025
By Brian Orelli
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Dualitas Therapeutics Inc. exited stealth mode with a $65 million series A investment that was co-led by Versant Ventures and Qiming Venture Partners USA.
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