Top 28 Inflammatory Disease Startups

July 23, 2024 | By Jason Kwon

These startups leverage cutting-edge technologies, including precision medicine, AI-driven drug discovery, and novel biologics, to create more effective and personalized therapies to combat a range of chronic conditions caused by excessive inflammation, such as rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn's disease, and psoriasis.
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Country: USA | Funding: $652M
Apogee Therapeutics operates pipeline candidates designed to treat inflammatory and immunological disorders.
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Country: USA | Funding: $637M
Nimbus Therapeutics is pioneering a new computational technology-driven paradigm to rapidly advance a diverse pipeline of novel small molecule product candidates into clinical development. We are designing highly selective and potent medicines to disrupt known drivers of serious diseases, including metabolic disease, cancer and immune-inflammatory disorders.
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Country: USA | Funding: $558M
ACELYRIN is a biopharma company that identifies, acquires, and accelerates the development and commercialization of life-changing inflammatory-disease-focused therapies.
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Country: USA | Funding: $544.8M
Carmot Therapeutics provides drugs to treat inflammatory, metabolic, and neurological diseases.
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Country: USA | Funding: $526.3M
Viela Bio is a clinical-stage biotechnology company pioneering and advancing treatments for severe inflammation and autoimmune diseases.
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Country: USA | Funding: $441.6M
Ventyx Biosciences develops a drug for inflammatory bowel disease
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Country: USA | Funding: $397M
Evelo is pioneering therapies that modulate systemic immune response by acting on the gut-body network - monoclonal microbials. They have the potential to treat many diseases, including inflammatory disease, cancer, autoimmune disease, metabolic, neurobehavior and neuroinflammatory diseases.
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Country: USA | Funding: $344M
SetPoint Medical treats patients with debilitating inflammatory diseases using proprietary implantable bioelectronic devices.
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Country: China | Funding: $312.8M
Harbour BioMed is a global biopharmaceutical company developing innovative therapeutics in the field of immuno-oncology and inflammatory diseases.
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Country: USA | Funding: $259.9M
DermTech is the global leader in molecular dermatology, bringing precision medicine to the diagnosis and treatment of skin disease. We market and develop products that facilitate the early detection of skin cancers, assess inflammatory diseases, and customize drug treatments.
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