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Curis is a Lexington, MA-based company in the Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals, and Biotech sector.
GenVec is a Gaithersburg, MD-based company in the Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals, and Biotech sector.
StrideBio is a product-driven, fully integrated gene therapy company focused on creating and developing innovative genetic medicines with life-changing or curative potential for patients with devastating conditions, including monogenic rare disease and beyond. We leverage our proprietary structure-inspired adeno-associated virus (AAV) vector engineering platform to create unique and differentiated vectors that improve upon naturally occurring AAV serotypes to overcome current limitations of first-generation gene therapies. Improved characteristics of StrideBio`s AAV vectors include evasion of pre-existing neutralizing antibodies, tissue targeting and de-targeting, enhanced potency, and manufacturability at scale. Combined with our gene construct design expertise and in-house manufacturing capabilities, StrideBio is positioned to generate best-in-class genetic medicines that allow more patients to benefit with maximum efficiency. StrideBio is based in a state-of-the-art 24,000-square-foot facility in Research Triangle Park, N.C, which houses our offices, research labs and in-house AAV manufacturing facilities.
Tango Therapeutics is a biotechnology company discovering and developing novel medicines targeting cancer vulnerabilities to deliver transformational new therapies for patients. Tango was launched in 2017 with a $55 million Series A investment from Third Rock Ventures. The company has established a robust product engine that leverages advances in DNA sequencing and CRISPR-based target discovery to generate breakthrough medicines that have the potential to provide deeper, more sustained benefit than today`s targeted therapies, and extend the benefit of available immuno-oncology agents. Tango Therapeutics is focused on three areas of drug development, each in well-defined patient populations currently lacking effective treatment options, and each with hallmarks of cancer that have not been targeted yet. These include: loss of tumor suppressor gene function; multiple oncogenic drivers; and immune evasion. What fuels each of Tango`s programs is an increasingly sophisticated ability to utilize synthetic lethality - the interaction between two genes that causes cell death when both are inactivated. In cancer cells, one of these genes is inactivated by mutation; the other will be inactivated by a drug. This approach leaves normal cells largely unaffected, with the potential to greatly enhance anti-tumor efficacy and reduce associated toxicity. Tango`s success will be driven by its depth of understanding of the genetic subtypes of cancer, and corresponding insights into novel drug targets and combinations uniquely relevant to each subtype. By shaping discovery efforts in this way, Tango has the potential to reach the clinic quickly, and with a clear plan for identifying the patients most likely to benefit from each new treatment, an approach that could increase both speed and probability of success in translating novel target discoveries into transformational new medicines for patients.
BioDuro, now a PPD company, is a leading integrated drug discovery outsourcing company that provides high-quality, integrated research and development services to meet the growing needs of the global biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries. Together, PPD and BioDuro have the expertise to perform a broad range of research and development services for pharmaceutical and biotech clients from discovery through Phase IV. Founded in 2005, BioDuro has more than 675 employees, the majority of whom are based in Beijing, where the company operates a state-of-the-art, 110,000-square-foot laboratory. BioDuro provides high-quality medicinal chemistry, discovery biology, pharmacology, synthesis, bioanalytical and drug safety evaluation services. Its discovery biology services range from reagent generation to assay development to screening and biochemistry.