MedCity News March 21, 2024
Mirador Therapeutics applies machine learning to human data to discover new immunology and inflammation drugs. The startup’s management includes several from the executive team of Prometheus Biosciences, an immunology biotech bought by Merck last year.
Nearly a year ago, Merck struck a $10.8 billion deal to acquire Prometheus Biosciences, a clinical-stage company whose technology platform analyzed genetics and biology data to discover new drugs. The executive who led Prometheus to that buyout is now back with a new immunology startup supported by $400 million.
Mirador Therapeutics launched Thursday, aiming to take the precision medicine approaches that have led to advances in cancer drugs and apply them to the research of new therapies for immunology and inflammation. It’s a similar strategy...