Redwood City, California–based Earli is, in many ways, a quintessential Silicon Valley startup. As is often the case, there’s not only a Stanford connection but a grand ambition. The company is developing a “synthetic biopsy” platform that aims to detect cancer at its earliest stages by programming cancer cells to reveal themselves and even self-destruct.…
30 promising biotech startups: Scatter plot
The preceding visual representation of the biotech startups of 2023 are grouped — clustered — according to their focus areas. Each cluster color corresponds to a specific domain: Orange for advanced molecular techniques (Cluster 0). Blue for cell and gene therapies (Cluster 1). Green for AI-driven drug discovery (Cluster 2). Red for epigenetics and genomic…
Landscape overview: Moderna and Pfizer lead the race in mRNA flu vaccines, with plans for regulatory filings in 2024-2025
mRNA technology helped propel the development of some of the most successful drugs in pharma history — notably, the Comirnaty COVID-19 from Pfizer/BioNTech generated almost $56 billion in 2022 while Moderna’s Spikevax vaccine raked in $18.4 billion. But demand for COVID-19 vaccines continues to cool. In 2023, Comirnaty brought in $15 billion between its two…