PROTEGO BIOPHARMA

Protego Biopharma, Inc., a preclinical-stage biotechnology company dedicated to finding novel solutions for protein misfolding diseases, today announced it has raised $51 million in a Series A financing co-led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, Vida Ventures and MPM Capital... Protego Biopharma focuses on the discovery and development of first- or best-in-class small-molecule therapeutics that aim to reprogram protein folding for the treatment of various systemic amyloid diseases, such as light chain (LC) amyloidosis. We also target other monogenetic protein misfolding diseases that cause myopathy, cardiomyopathy, stroke, renal disease, retinal diseases, channelopathies, and various degenerative diseases. Our approach builds on the proven pharmacological chaperones approach previously exemplified by tafamidis, which was discovered and developed by our cofounders Dr. Jeffery W. Kelly and Dr. Richard Labaudinière, for the treatment of transthyretin amyloidosis... We are developing a..

Also known as: Protego Biopharma, Inc.

Primary location: San Diego United States