Faze Is Newest Swimmer In Pool of Biotechs Targeting Biomolecular Condensates
Significant Cash Injection
Executive Summary
Buoyed by an $81m Series A financing round, Faze Medicines joins Dewpoint Therapeutics and Nereid Therapeutics in the race to develop small-molecule drugs targeting biomolecular condensates, an emerging field of cell biology.
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