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Drug Discovery

Mozart and Egle launch with T regulatory cell focus

by Ryan Cross
October 30, 2021 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 99, Issue 40

Two biotech firms have launched to develop therapies focused on regulatory T cells (Tregs), a class of immune cells that help control immune response. Seattle-based Mozart Therapeutics raised $55 million in series A financing to develop drugs that target a subset of Tregs to quell runaway immune response in autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. Paris-based Egle Therapeutics raised $46.6 million in series A financing to develop engineered Tregs as cell therapies for autoimmune diseases and cancer.

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