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RheumaGen gets $15 million for autoimmune therapy

by Max Barnhart
January 9, 2025 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 103, Issue 1

 

Denver-based RheumaGen has raised $15 million in series A financing to develop gene therapies for autoimmune disease. The start-up’s lead drug candidate precisely edits a dysfunctional human leukocyte antigen (HLA) gene in humans to treat refractory rheumatoid arthritis (RA). HLA genes are an important component of the human immune system, and mutations in them can cause autoimmune disease. The drug is meant to be a one-time curative treatment for RA; the company plans to begin Phase 1 clinical trials in 2026.

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