Morningside Ventures launched Adiso Therapeutics on 10 March with more than $60m invested to date in the Concord, MA-based start-up focusing on the underlying biology of inflammatory diseases without causing systemic immunosuppression. Adiso has two assets in clinical development for the prevention of C. difficile infection recurrence and treatment of ulcerative colitis as well as a discovery-stage effort in respiratory inflammation under way.
Finance Watch: Morningside Launches Adiso With More Than $60m In Early Funding
Start-Up Has Two Clinical-Stage Product Candidates
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