Exploring The Gut-Brain Axis: New Biotech Kallyope

The end of 2015 saw the emergence of a new biotech company, Kallyope, with a focus on the gut-brain axis.

The end of 2015 saw the emergence of a new biotech company, Kallyope, with a focus on the gut-brain axis.

The biotech fledgling, based in New York, launched in December 2015 with $44m in cash raised via a series A financing round, and was founded by Charles Zuker, Tom Maniatis...

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