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SFA Therapeutics

SFA Therapeutics is creating therapeutically-tailored oral drugs that regulate the immune system; with a focus on autoimmune diseases and cancers that originate from chronic inflammation. There are over 300 million patients who suffer from autoimmune diseases. Our treatment is designed to block the root cause of many of these chronic inflammatory diseases, with safe oral drugs. We have strong clinical data from a phase 1b clinical trial in psoriasis, and human data in pancreatic cancer, uveitis

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SFA Therapeutics is creating therapeutically-tailored oral drugs that regulate the immune system; with a focus on autoimmune diseases and cancers that originate from chronic inflammation. There are over 300 million patients who suffer from autoimmune diseases. Our treatment is designed to block the root cause of many of these chronic inflammatory diseases, with safe oral drugs. We have strong clinical data from a phase 1b clinical trial in psoriasis, and human data in pancreatic cancer, uveitis

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shared product terms: drug, autoimmune, disease, over; shared affiliation: Y Combinator

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match 78

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shared product terms: therapeutic, drug, cause, clinical; shared product theme: health and clinical care; shared affiliation: Y Combinator

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match 65

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shared product terms: therapeutic, creat, drug, autoimmune; shared product theme: health and clinical care; same category: Healthcare; shared affiliation: Y Combinator

Relevium Medical

match 62

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shared product terms: disease, patient, strong, oral; shared product theme: health and clinical care; shared affiliation: Y Combinator

Rejuvenation Technologies Inc.

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Stanford-patented essential drug platform unlocks the healthspan, which is limited by short telomeres. Extends mouse lifespan by equivalent of 10 years in humans. Reverses 5-10 years of telomere shortening with one dose in one day. Preclinical efficacy in 4 organ systems including immune system. Entering clinical stage. CEO is Subject #1 in longevity trial. 50+ granted patents, 7 patent families. FDA INTERACT cleared. Raising $10M seed extension ($2M+ wired) to fund 3 investigator-initiated tria

shared product terms: drug, human, system, immune; shared product theme: health and clinical care; same category: Healthcare; shared affiliation: Y Combinator

Entelexo Biotherapeutics

match 44

Entelexo is creating modern treatments for immune-mediated diseases, such as psoriasis, using novel engineered exosome technology.

shared product terms: creat, treatment, immune, disease; same category: Healthcare; shared affiliation: Y Combinator