Roche Veteran Launches Biotech Aiming To Disrupt Eye Drug Market

EyeBio Raises $65m In Series A

Two veterans of the ophthalmology field are reuniting to launch a portfolio-based biotech company EyeBio.

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Alamy • Source: An aging population means demand for retinal disease therapies will continue to climb.

Former Roche research leader Tony Adamis is a co-founder of a new biotech aiming to bring innovation to the ophthalmology field currently dominated by a few big pharma players.

EyeBio has just completed a $65m series A funding from venture backers, who have also helped the biotech recruit a ‘team of disruptors’ to establish a

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