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Castle Biosciences

www.castlebiosciences.com

 
Castle Biosciences, Inc. specializes in diagnostic tests for cancers. Founded in 2008, the company goal has been to help advance the care for cancers through objective testing. Our team works with outstanding members of the oncology community throughout the discovery, development and utilization of these tests. Currently, Castle Biosciences has tests to help doctors treat glioblastoma, uveal melanoma, low grade gliomas. We anticipate tests for thymoma and esophageal cancer to be on the market in the near future (1Q-1H, 2012) as they are going through final validation.
  • Number of Employees: 0-25
  • Annual Revenue: $0-1 Million

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Funding

Castle Biosciences raised $11.7M on 07/27/2015
Castle Biosciences raised $12M on 04/18/2019

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