An RA-backed startup 'ATACs' a novel challenge, looking to spur protein degradation outside the cell
Protein degradation is one of the hot drug classes of the future, but competitors are piling in with the likes of C4, Arvinas, Frontier Medicines and Vividion jostling for position. A new startup wants to apply the lessons learned from degradation outside the cell, and it now has the greenlight from RA Capital to steam ahead.
Avilar Therapeutics launched Thursday with $60 million from founding investor RA to chase a novel protein degradation drug class the startup is calling ATACs— short for “ASGPR Targeting Chimeras” — that looks to trash unwanted proteins circulating outside the human cell.
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