“I love the big, risky, super transformational opportunity with a big vision... That's what gets me motivated.” Thank you Max Bayer and Fierce Biotech for the great piece highlighting the addition of Nadir Mahmood, Ph.D., as our CEO. Hear what he and Rezo co-founder and president Nevan Krogan, Ph.D., had to say about the future of our approach in the article below.
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Shakked Halperin, PhD's story as a serial entrepreneur is a must-read. Just a few weeks before Rewrite Therapeutics was acquired by Intellia, Shakked had already founded another company: Replace Therapeutics. Replace was recently acquired by Tome Biosciences to expand the range of diseases for which they are exploring cures. Rewrite and Replace both leverage #CRISPR technology, deviating from conventional methods to enhance precision editing without double-stranded breaks in DNA. Shakked's innovative approach involves developing a "DNA glue" using DNA ligases, sidestepping potential errors in cellular edits. So, what's the secret to his success? Learn more in our latest #TenantSpotlight. https://lnkd.in/gr8cWBD3
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Experienced Life Sciences Professional | Former Biotech C-suite Executive & Healthcare Investment Banker
Not sure where to start. So I will be quick about it (sort of). Yesterday was my last day as the CEO of Temisis Therapeutics. In other words, the end of an extraordinary journey of 740 days into building a clinical-stage ready biotech company. It has not been easy (mostly) but it was extremely satisfactory at both a personal and professional levels (definitely). The most satisfying part of the journey has been to build a very efficient and productive team, where communication was seamless and kind. Surprisingly, I have never been more optimistic than in the past 12 months. Many who know me personally would attest to that. Very positive operational results coupled with a bootstrap mentality was bringing hopes high across the board. However, there are things you (really) cannot control. I must leave but I am afraid they will continue to stay where they are. As a final note, I want to thank: 💌 My team: Gael Jalce, Pierre Warnault, Ahmed B. Abdelwahab, David Moulin, Carine Guillet-Claude, Aleksander Salwinski and Jérémy Brouillot 🤝 All our partners #leadership #biotech #businessdevelopment
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Exciting times in biotech! Unnatural Products just raised a $32M Series A, bringing AI into the drug discovery arena in a big way. As someone who's passionate about tech and healthcare innovation, it's inspiring to see companies like this push the boundaries of what’s possible, leveraging AI to engineer synthetic molecules for targeted therapeutics. Their expansion beyond oncology signals a new horizon in personalized medicine – with the potential to transform patient outcomes on a global scale. What could this mean for the future of healthcare? Let's watch this space closely. #Biotech #Innovation #Healthcare #AI https://lnkd.in/eT3khaTT
Unnatural Products Raises $32M in Series A Funding
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The switch from a CAT T to a CAR M program sets off a whirl of activity. A #celltherapy #biotech re-launches a #CDMO they'd purchased and integrated years before. Everything is fueled by some enlightened #venturecapital, ownership and strategy. Buckle up for one highly interesting (and enlightening) multi-part narrative. Matthias Schroff, Bruce Thompson, Shailesh Maingi, Frank Lis. Inceptor Bio, Kincell Bio, Kineticos Ventures.
Stealth CDMO Reveals Secrets Of The Cell-Therapy Industry
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Being successful in our industry requires solid scientific idea which is scalable, visionary management with the right personel and a healthy dose of luck. Little can be done for the latter, but Remo Moomiaie-Qajar M.D. is definitively visionary and knows how to build a strong team. And I am fascinated by Cargocytes. This enucleated synthetic cell improves safety (controllability) and enhances motility and migration to deliver disease-specific payloads within hours of intravenous administration. Once there, they manufacture therapeutic payloads, even oncolytic viruses at the site of the disease where they should be, rather than in parts of the body not needing treatment. 👏
Today is a great day for my team and I at Cytonus. We are happy to share that we closed a Series A round of investment and been awarded our 7th Non-Dilutive grant in little over 2 years. Yes, that is not a typo, seventh! For the past three years, my cofounder @RichardKlemke and I have been educating anyone willing to listen to us about the problem we solved with Drug-Delivery and that our platform could legitimately change the fortunes of therapeutics by making them safer, and better and thus flip the 90% failure rates in clinics. We have had our share of cynics and our supporters in the VC and Pharma world, today is about Cytonus and my team whose hard work and persistence is now bearing fruit. I personally look forward to convert more minds to our orthogonal approach, because I believe that it’s insane to repeat history over and over again expecting a different outcome. Cheers to the Cargocyte, and for better therapeutics, all our future patients deserve that. Special thank you to my Team and my extended Cytonians: Laura Gravelin MD FHRS , Chris Thorne, JD-MBA Manisha Narasimhan, PhD, Steven Forman M.D., Robert Schneider PhD, Richard Champlin M.D, Michael Houston PhD, John C. Bell PhD, Jae An PhD and team at Partners Investment, John Ballantyne PhD, Haolin Sung, Ying Zhang, Luke Sun and Proxima VC, NAGATA Ichiro, Yoshiharu ASANUMA and Gemseki Fund, Vern Norviel, Sara P., Dani Glazer Signaigo, Marty Waters and all the WSGR teams, Karl-Rudolf Erlemann (Rudi) PhD and KreaMedica, Kulika Weizman PhD and Creative Ventures, Mike Krenn and the ConnectSD team, and the many many others who supported us in all sorts of ways. Lastly, Richard Klemke isn't only a visionary scientist, he is a great leader and friend. I'm grateful to him for giving me and the world the gift of the Cargocyte.
Exclusive: San Diego biotech raises $11.7M to use cells as targeted delivery vessels for genetic medicines
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Continuing his discussion with Jon Chee on the Biotech Startups Podcast, our CEO Bryan Dechairo shares insights into the pivotal role of big data in modern genetics, his tenure at Medco Health, and the significance of ensuring accessibility, affordability, and accuracy in diagnostic resources. #biotech #diagnostics #genetics
Bryan Dechairo - Sherlock Biosciences - Part 2
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This is optimal.
I am excited that together with Marian Kupculak, we were selected for Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe 2024 in Science & Healthcare category for our work at Sensible Biotechnologies on enabling the next generation of mRNA medicines and enhancing global biosecurity by turning living cells into cost-effective factories for scalable production of high-quality #mRNA. Since we started Sensible 2.5 years ago, we have gone through a long journey: we rapidly advanced our mRNA platform, closed strategic partnership with Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc., raised funding from leading US and European DeepTech and TechBio investors, scaled our team to 20+ fantastic people across the globe - and more. This would not be possible without backing of our VC investors Y Combinator, Recode Ventures, BlueYard Capital, BACKED VC, KAYA VC, Amino Collective, ZAKA VC, Possible Ventures, Civilization Ventures; our angel investors Andrej Kiska, Martin Rajcan, Peter Gajdoš, Tytus Cytowski, and many others. We are also grateful to all our supporters, mentors and advisors - Vishal Gulati, Jason Kelly, Jason D. Whitmire, Juan Bautista Pinilla, Shahram Seyedin-Noor, Chris Mason, Lorenz Mayr, Molly Stevens, Florian Schuster, and Jason C. Foster, Jan Skvarka just to name a few. And most importantly, we are grateful to our colleagues at Sensible - none of this would be possible without Paul, Anton, Leanne, Michal, Akos, Robert, Krishna, Kelvin, Liudmyla, Neelam, Romana, Mario, Emily, Smruti, Alexandra, Dominika, Katka, Vikram, Kazimir, Michael, Anna, Martina... and others. We are committed to continue on our journey towards enabling novel mRNA medicines, while strengthening the global biosecurity and contributing to development of European (and especially Slovak) life science ecosystem. Link to the announcement: https://lnkd.in/emQpJddR #ForbesUnder30 #Forbes #SensibleBio #sensible #mRNAmadebetter #techbio
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Join Laia Pascual Ponce (Ship2B Ventures), Fabrizio Conicella (Chiesi USA, Inc.), Salvatore Cappadona (Criteria Bio Ventures), Anna Bellmunt (Asabys Partners), Kerstin Papenfuss, PhD MBA, (Deep Science Ventures) and Alejo Chorny, (AdBio partners) at RESI Europe 2024, June 17-19, a hybrid conference, in-person (June 17), and online partnering (June 18-19), for the Early Stage Therapeutics Panel. The moderator will guide the discussion through topics including how the investors source and vet novel therapeutic assets, what kinds of technology are of interest to them right now, and how they as investors work with a startup to move a new drug toward commercialization. Register: https://lnkd.in/dhxge-zb #RESI #RESIEUROPE #RESIBARCELONA Biocat, BioRegion of Catalonia Biotechgate
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Today's breakthrough in biotech funding news! 🚀 Curve Therapeutics, an innovative player in the #biotech space, has just sealed a monumental $40.5 million in Series A financing. This infusion of capital is set to catapult their pioneering intracellular screening platform to new heights. 💰 With a potent combination of ambition & science, Curve Therapeutics is tackling complex disease targets head-on. Their sophisticated approach delves deep into the cellular realm, unearthing solutions that could redefine our approach to treatment. 🎯🎯 With Pfizer , Advent Life Sciences & Epidarex Capital leading the funding. Simon Kerry CEO of Curve Therapeutics said "This financing will enable us to expand our team, progress our lead assets into the clinic & to expand our drug discover platform. We welcome our new investors alongside our existing strong syndicate & look forward to working together to take Curve Therapeutics to it's next stage of growth." 🚀🚀🚀 As we cheer on Curve Therapeutics on their noble quest. What potential do you foresee with their disruptive technology? Have you encountered any solutions that showcase the game-changing nature of intracellular exploration? Let's dive into the discussion below. 🗣🗣🗣 #BiotechInnovation #SeriesAFunding #HealthcareRevolution 🧬💊🔬
