Decibel Therapeutics: Protect. Repair. Restore.
Executive Summary
Emerging Company Profile: Decibel Therapeutics, a Boston-based company focused on developing therapies for hearing loss, started adding its voice in an emerging development space in 2015, with the aim of becoming "the premier hearing therapies company." With ongoing research and preclinical candidates for hearing loss, Decibel is looking to secure a beneficial collaboration that will bump up its profile and give it the funding it needs to move forward.
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