Finch throws in the tow­el on mi­cro­bio­me jour­ney, lets go of 77 em­ploy­ees

Finch Ther­a­peu­tics’ at­tempt to make crap­sules that help pre­vent the re­cur­rence of a bac­te­r­i­al in­fec­tion is near­ing the end of the road.

For the third time in nine months, the Boston-area biotech will lay off staffers, this time 95%, which equates to 77 em­ploy­ees.

As is be­com­ing more and more fa­mil­iar in biotech these days, Finch flashed red lights ear­ly Tues­day, say­ing it will scrap a Phase III tri­al test­ing its donor stool-in-a-cap­sule for the pre­ven­tion of re­cur­ring in­fec­tion from the bac­te­ria Clostrid­ioides dif­fi­cile, or C. diff.

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