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Fyggy's top 10 in Drug Discovery/Development

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  1. 1
    Praxis Precision Medicines
    MedStartr Engagement Score58
  2. 2
    Benchling
    MedStartr Engagement Score57
  3. 2
    Gilead Sciences
    MedStartr Engagement Score57
  4. 2
    Profluent
    MedStartr Engagement Score57
  5. 5
    Biosero
    MedStartr Engagement Score55
  6. 6
    Qilu Pharmaceutical
    MedStartr Engagement Score54
  7. 6
    Schrödinger
    MedStartr Engagement Score54
  8. 8
    Finch Therapeutics
    MedStartr Engagement Score53
  9. 9
    Excision BioTherapeutics
    MedStartr Engagement Score52
  10. 9
    Precision Biosciences
    MedStartr Engagement Score52
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Praxis Precision Medicines

Praxis Precision Medicines

Unknown

Cambridge, MA, US

A clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company that translates genetic insights into the development of precision medicines for central nervous system (CNS) disorders.

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Business ModelLicensing
Core TechSmall molecule and antisense oligonucleotide (ASO) platforms
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Benchling

Benchling

Series C

Benchling is a life sciences R&D cloud platform.

Business ModelB2B SaaS
Core TechCloud Platform
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Drug Discovery/Development
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1 engagement

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Gilead Sciences

Gilead Sciences

Public

Foster City, California, USA

Gilead Sciences is a pharmaceutical company.

Business ModelResearch-based, innovation-driven biopharmaceutical company. Discovers, develops, and commercializes innovative medicines, primarily through direct sales of proprietary drugs and therapies, licensing agreements, and collaboration partnerships. Employs a vertically integrated business model.
Core TechInitially focused on antiviral therapeutics using nucleot...
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Founded1987
Drug Discovery/Development
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Profluent

Profluent

Series B

Berkeley, California, USA

Profluent is an AI-first protein design company that leverages its platform for CRISPR gene editing systems to accelerate the development of genetic medicines.

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Business ModelB2B
Core TechAI-driven biological programming
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Founded2022
Drug Discovery/Development
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Biosero

Acquired

San Diego, CA, USA

Biosero develops device-agnostic automation software, Green Button Go™ Automation Scheduling Software, for life science, pharmaceutical, and industrial manufacturing. The softwa...

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Business ModelB2B SaaS
Core Techautomation software, Green Button Go™ Automation Scheduli...
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Founded2003
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Qilu Pharmaceutical

Jinan, China

Qilu Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. is a leading, vertically integrated pharmaceutical company based in China, specializing in the development, manufacturing, and marketing of finishe...

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Business ModelB2B (Business-to-Business)
Core TechSmall molecule drugs, biosimilars, monoclonal antibodies,...
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Founded1958
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Schrödinger

Schrödinger

IPO

Schrödinger is an international scientific software and biotechnology company, founded in 1990, developing computational tools for drug discovery and materials science. Its phys...

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Business ModelB2B (Software licensing) and a drug discovery model, advancing preclinical and clinical programs internally and through collaborations. SaaS is implied through platform licensing.
Core Techphysics-based computational platform
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Finch Therapeutics

Finch Therapeutics

IPO

Somerville, MA, US

Finch Therapeutics is a biotechnology company that pioneered microbiome therapeutics and has since transitioned from drug development to an intellectual property (IP) holding an...

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Business ModelLicensing
Core TechHuman-First Discovery platform
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Excision BioTherapeutics

Excision BioTherapeutics

Series A

Watertown, MA, US

Excision BioTherapeutics is a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing CRISPR-based gene-editing therapies to cure chronic viral infectious diseases by permanently elimin...

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Business ModelB2B
Core TechCRISPR systems
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Precision Biosciences

Precision Biosciences

Growth

Durham, NC, US

Precision Biosciences is a biotechnology company focused on developing gene editing therapies for cancer immunotherapy.

Business ModelLicensing
Core Techgene editing for cancer immunotherapy
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Reify Health

Reify Health

Series D+

Reify Health is a company using technology to improve clinical trial efficiency.

Business ModelHybrid
Core TechCloud-based software
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Allena Pharmaceuticals

Allena Pharmaceuticals

Series A

Newton, Massachusetts, US

Allena Pharmaceuticals develops non-systemic protein therapeutics for metabolic and orphan diseases.

Core TechOral enzyme therapeutics
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Prolium Bioscience

Prolium Bioscience

New York, NY, USA

Biotech startup described as focused on depleting disease and empowering health.

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Business ModelB2B
Core TechBiotech platform
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Founded2025
Biotech
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1200 Pharma

1200 Pharma

Seed

Pasadena, CA, US

A clinical-stage pharmaceutical company developing novel drug formulations for oncology indications using its proprietary MITO technology platform to target the mitochondria of ...

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Business ModelHybrid
Core TechMITO technology platform
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Founded2019
Drug Discovery/Development
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Illumina

IPO

Illumina is involved in genomics and drug discovery, collaborating with NVIDIA for sequencing and multiomics analysis.

Business ModelB2B, razor-and-blade model, sale of integrated systems (sequencing platforms, microarrays) and consumables, software and service subscriptions.
Core TechGenomics, sequencing, multiomics analysis
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Oxford BioTherapeutics

Oxford BioTherapeutics

Unknown

Oxford, CA, UK

Oxford BioTherapeutics (OBT) is a clinical-stage oncology company based in Oxford, UK, and San Jose, USA. It is dedicated to discovering and developing first-in-class antibody-b...

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Business ModelB2B
Core TechProprietary proteomic target discovery platform called OG...
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Pencil Biosciences

Pencil Biosciences

Unknown

Macclesfield, Cheshire, UK

Pencil Biosciences is a biotechnology company.

Business ModelHybrid
Core TechA fully synthetic, RNA-guided, non-CRISPR gene-editing sy...
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Eli Lilly

IPO

Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

Eli Lilly and Company is a global healthcare company with a rich history of pharmaceutical innovation, focused on discovering, developing, manufacturing, and selling innovative ...

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Business ModelPharmaceutical development and sales (B2B/B2C hybrid), characterized by extensive R&D, global sales and marketing, strategic partnerships, and direct-to-consumer distribution platforms.
Core TechBiotechnology, chemistry, genetic medicine, Artificial In...
Founded1876
Drug Discovery/Development
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Algen

Algen

Seed

San Francisco, CA, US

Algen is a platform company focused on drug target discovery, utilizing CRISPR technology and machine learning to decode causal biology and identify disease-driving mechanisms. ...

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Business ModelOther
Core TechCRISPR technology, machine learning, RNA message modulati...
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Founded2018
Drug Discovery/Development
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Algorithmiq

Algorithmiq

Series A

Helsinki, Finland

Algorithmiq is a quantum computing company that develops advanced algorithms to solve complex problems in drug discovery and molecular structure prediction, aiming to make the p...

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Business ModelHybrid
Core TechQuantum Computing
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Eli Lilly and Company

IPO

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Eli Lilly and Company is a global healthcare leader specializing in the discovery, development, manufacturing, and marketing of innovative pharmaceutical products. Headquartered...

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Business ModelB2B/B2C Pharmaceutical; revenue generated through product sales, collaboration and licensing agreements, and animal health product sales.
Core Techdrug discovery systems, foundation models for biology and...
Founded1876
Drug Discovery/Development
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Engage Bio

Engage Bio

Seed

Santa Clara, California, US

A biotech startup developing mRNA immunotherapies to eliminate cancer. Their Tethosomes platform uses LNP technology to deliver DNA/mRNA, turning cancer cells into localized imm...

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Business ModelHybrid
Core TechTethosomes
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GSK

Growth

London, United Kingdom

GSK plc is a British multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology company specializing in the research, development, manufacturing, and commercialization of prescription medic...

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Business ModelB2B
Core TechR&D strategy and pipeline centered on four core therapeut...
Founded2000
Drug Discovery/Development
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Kopra Bio

Seed

San Francisco, California, US

Kopra Bio is a biotechnology company developing immunotherapies for cancer, specifically for solid tumors, by using genetically engineered viruses that stimulate the immune system.

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Business ModelB2B
Core TechGenetically engineered viruses
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