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Empress Therapeutics launches with $50 million

by Shi En Kim
June 23, 2023 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 101, Issue 20

 

The biotech incubator Flagship Pioneering has unveiled Empress Therapeutics, a start-up that aims to accelerate small-molecule drug discovery by reading the genetic code for downstream metabolites. Backed with $50 million in financing from Flagship, Empress will initially focus on metabolites produced by commensal bacteria in the body, such as those on skin and in the gut.

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