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Tenaya, With $92m Financing, Aims To Win In Cardiology With Three Platforms

 
• By Leah Samuel

Tenaya is working on three separate approaches (gene therapy, cell therapy and small molecule) to develop new treatments for heart disease.

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Tenaya's three-pronged approach to heart disease led to $92m series B. • Source: Shutterstock

South San Francisco startup Tenaya Therapeutics Inc. has ambitious plans to advance three drug development platforms for cardiovascular disease: cell therapy, gene therapy and small molecule precision medicine. After completing a rich series B round, which drew $92m in financing, the company says it has sufficient funding to move all three platforms toward the clinic.

"The $92m raise, it was large partly because we excited many investors who saw the potential of not one, not...

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