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KSQ Comes Out Of Stealth Mode With $76m And Meeker As CEO

 
• By Mandy Jackson

Emerging Company Profile: Former Sanofi-Genzyme exec David Meeker signed on to lead the startup, which is using a CRISPR-based drug discovery platform to develop specifically targeted therapies, with an initial focus on oncology and immunology, after leaving big pharma.

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KSQ Therapeutics hopes to reduce the time and costs associated with drug development with its proprietary platform for developing targeted therapies, and it has raised $76m and recruited former Sanofi-Genzyme executive David Meeker as its CEO to build a portfolio of drug candidates.

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