Our President & CEO, Aetna Wun Trombley will participate in a panel next Wed., June 5th at #BIO2024 in San Diego, moderated by Mariana Mihalusova at Venrock, focused on novel approaches to co-opting biological processes with various modalities to drug a spectrum of diseases. Other panelists include George Eliades at Mythic Therapeutics, Inc.; Larry Hamann at Interdict Bio; and Bernd Boidol at Proxygen. At Lycia, we're hijacking the naturally occurring lysosomal trafficking process to degrade disease-driving extracellular proteins. We've built a robust internal pipeline of LYTAC degraders and are advancing our lead programs in #autoimmune and #inflammatory diseases toward the clinic. #BIO24 #proteindegradation
Lycia Therapeutics
Biotechnology Research
South San Francisco, California 4,872 followers
Building the leading extracellular protein degradation company
About us
Lycia is a Series B biotech company building upon the novel platform developed by academic founder Professor Carolyn Bertozzi at Stanford University to develop LYTAC (lysosomal targeting chimera) protein degraders that harness the cell’s lysosomal trafficking and degradation pathway to target both soluble and membrane-bound extracellular proteins. Applications of the LYTAC platform include: targeting challenging membrane proteins, clearing pathogenic immune complexes in circulation and depleting antibodies to specific antigens of interest. The platform can potentially deliver next-generation therapeutics to address a range of difficult-to-treat diseases, including cancer and autoimmune diseases.
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- Industry
- Biotechnology Research
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- South San Francisco, California
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- Privately Held
- Founded
- 2020
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South San Francisco, California 94080, US
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A big thanks to @NYSE for celebrating our Series C financing on the trading floor last week! We're excited to continue advancing our lead LYTAC degraders toward the clinic for #autoimmune and #inflammatory diseases! #NYSE
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A big thanks to @NYSE for celebrating our Series C financing on the trading floor last week! We're excited to continue advancing our lead LYTAC degraders toward the clinic for #autoimmune and #inflammatory diseases! #NYSE
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We're excited to welcome Andrew Gottesdiener, M.D., Partner at Venrock, to our Board of Directors, concurrent with our $106.6M Series C financing, announced yesterday. We look forward to continuing to advance our lead LYTAC extracellular protein degraders toward the clinic for #autoimmune and #inflammatory diseases! Read yesterday's press release: https://bit.ly/44EG63u
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Thanks to Endpoints News and Kyle LaHucik for the great article on our Series C financing and catching up with our President & CEO Aetna Wun Trombley on our continued progress toward the clinic with our lead LYTAC extracellular protein degrader programs for autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. https://lnkd.in/eTgcNucb
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We're thrilled to announce the completion of a $106.6 million Series C financing to progress our lead LYTAC extracellular protein degraders into the clinic for unmet needs in #autoimmune and #inflammatory diseases. Venrock Healthcare Capital Partners led the round, with participation from new investors Janus Henderson Investors, Marshall Wace and Franklin Templeton, and existing investors Redmile Group, RTW Investments, LP, Blue Owl Capital (Blue Owl Healthcare Opportunities), Invus, Eli Lilly and Company and Alexandria Venture Investments. Read the release: https://bit.ly/44EG63u
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