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Symic Biomedical

www.symic.bio

 
Symic is developing a new category of therapeutics that offer an exciting and biologically innovative approach to treating disease. While it is clear that cells play an important role in tissue inflammation and regeneration, it is also known that the extracellular matrix (ECM) plays an equally critical role in maintaining healthy tissue. The ECM is the non-cellular component of the body’s tissues, and proteoglycans are important structural and functional macromolecules native to the ECM that are known to protect against tissue degradation and promote healing during illness or injury. Recognizing the importance of proteoglycans in many acute and chronic disease states, ...
  • Number of Employees: 25-100
  • Annual Revenue: $1-10 Million
  • www.symic.bio
  • 953 Indiana Street
    San Francisco, CA USA 94107
  • Phone: 415.805.9005

Executives

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Funding

Symic Biomedical raised $25M on 12/01/2015
Symic Biomedical raised $11M on 04/25/2019

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