Top 10 Hepatitis treatment startups in USA

Oct 10, 2024 | By Jason Kwon

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Funding: $498.5M
Terns Pharmaceuticals is a biopharmaceutical company that focuses on discovering therapies that will improve the global nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) burden.
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Funding: $908.6M
Vir Biotechnology brings together cutting-edge innovations with scientific expertise and management.
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Funding: $899.9M
Arrowhead Research is focused on developing, commercializing, and licensing a range of nanotechnology products and applications.
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Funding: $765M
VBI Vaccines is a biopharmaceutical company developing novel technologies that seek to expand vaccine protection in large underserved markets. VBI’s eVLP vaccine platform allows for the design of enveloped virus-like particle vaccines that closely mimic the target virus.
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Funding: $433.5M
Dicerna Pharmaceuticals develops therapeutic agents in various disease areas based on dicer substrate technology platform. The company offers RNA interference (RNAi)-targeted drugs and delivery systems for therapeutic areas of oncology and metabolic diseases. It also provides Dicer Substrate Technology, a second generation of gene silencing, which triggers RNAi and is used in therapeutic areas, including inflammation, immunology, and cardiovascular diseases.
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Funding: $400.6M
Aligos Therapeutics is discovering and developing new classes of molecules that interact directly with disease-causing modalities such as viral encoded proteins and nucleic acids, as well as oncogenes and their resultant proteins in the case of their cancer indications. The company is also pursuing novel therapeutic agents aimed at activation of the patients immune system, to create lasting benefits for the diseases that cause significant morbidity and mortality.
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Funding: $265.2M
Precision BioSciences is a genome editing company dedicated to improving life. Our team seeks to solve – not just treat, but solve – significant problems in oncology, genetic disease, agriculture, and beyond via its proprietary ARCUS genome editing platform.
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Funding: $200.4M
Antios Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company developing innovative therapies for viral diseases.
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Funding: $167M
Rivus Pharmaceuticals is dedicated to improving metabolic health by developing controlled metabolic accelerators (CMAs) that treat metabolic disorders, including the tricky nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), cardio-metabolic diseases and obesity, via weight loss.
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Funding: $34.8M
Aethlon Medical creates immunotherapeutic devices to combat infectious disease and cancer.
Editor: Jason Kwon
Jason Kwon is a senior editor for MedicalStartups. He has previously covered the pharmaceutical and medical research industries for FDAnews and worked as a head of marketing for medical startup Sonic Therapeutics. Before that, he co-founded a startup consulting business for emerging entrepreneurial hubs in Asia. Jason graduated from St. Bonaventure University’s journalism school. In his free time, Jason enjoys yoga, watching movie trailers, traveling to places where he can't get cell service. You can contact Jason at jaskwon(at)medicalstartups(dot)com