Top California Pharmaceutical Startups (146)

Kura Oncology is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company committed to realizing the promise of precision medicines for the treatment of cancer. Our small-molecule drug candidates target signaling pathways and other drivers of cancer where there is a strong scientific and clinical rationale to improve outcomes by identifying those patients most likely to benefit from treatment. Our pipeline includes tipifarnib, a farnesyl...

Helping the brain work better with focused ultrasound. Treating neurological disorders today and enhancing human experience tomorrow.

Crinetics is a pharmaceutical company that develops much-needed therapies for people with rare endocrine diseases. We’re here for patients who are eager to find therapies that provide effective disease control and more simplicity in their lives. We partner with healthcare practitioners to ensure we’re solving real problems for them. And we build value in the company for investors by filling...

We use data to understand what specialty drugs do at the individual, not population level. Our specialty drug management product, VIVIO Precision Care™ fixes big unsolved healthcare problems: expensive drug therapies that don’t work; lack of real-world effectiveness; doctors prescribing based on opinion and experience instead of data; the arbitrary line between pharmacy drug and medical benefit; and, egregious supply...

Structure Therapeutics is a science-driven clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing innovative oral small molecule treatments for chronic metabolic and cardiopulmonary conditions with significant unmet medical needs. Utilizing its next generation structure-based drug discovery platform, Structure Therapeutics has established a robust GPCR-targeted pipeline, featuring multiple wholly-owned proprietary clinical-stage small molecule compounds designed to surpass the scalability limitations of...

Claritas Rx is a digital health venture that brings clarity to the challenges of specialty biopharmaceutical products in the marketplace. In today’s highly complex specialty networks, our mission is to illuminate the patient experience beyond the clinical trial. Claritas Rx leverages a proprietary technology platform and deep manufacturer expertise to automate and integrate channel, commercial, and clinical data and help...

Pulse Biosciences is the inventor and sole proprietor of Nanosecond Pulsed Field Ablation™ (nsPFA™) technology. We are committed to health innovation that has the potential to improve and extend the lives of patients. Our proprietary Nanosecond Pulsed Field Ablation technology delivers nanosecond pulses of electrical energy to non-thermally clear cells while sparing adjacent non-cellular tissue. The people at Pulse Biosciences are...

Day One Biopharmaceuticals understands that advances in cancer research now enable drug developers to identify children and adults who may benefit from the same medicine. We are a unique company created to find and develop new therapies that meet the critical needs of people of all ages living with cancer – starting from the biology of childhood cancer. Our distinctive...

Janux Therapeutics is an innovative biopharmaceutical company developing next-generation therapeutics based on its proprietary Tumor Activated T Cell Engager (TRACTr) platform technology to better treat patients suffering from cancer. Janux’s initial focus is on developing a novel class of T cell engagers (TCEs), and its lead product candidates are designed to target clinically validated drug targets. While TCE therapeutics have...

Earli mission is to make cancer a benign experience. Rather than rely on biomarkers that cancer may - or often may not - naturally provide, Earli's technology *forces* cancer cells to make a synthetic, non-human biomarker using gene therapy approaches. It's called a Synthetic Biopsy. It can then localize the cancer in a PET scanner. Earli has been funded by...

ReCode Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company developing precision medicines for pulmonary diseases.

Lightship is your complete solution for decentralized clinical trials. We built our virtual-first clinical trial model from the ground up, allowing patients to participate in clinical trials from the comfort of home. Come join the team perfecting the way clinical trials are done!

Our mission at ARS Pharmaceuticals is to provide at-risk patients and their families better protection from severe allergic reactions. We are developing a product that patients and their caregivers can use without anxiety or hesitation, confident in the effectiveness of the both product and the ability to administer it. We are developing ARS-1, a novel intranasal epinephrine spray with a unique...

CG Oncology, Inc. (Nasdaq: CGON), is a late-stage clinical biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing a potential backbone bladder-sparing therapeutic for patients afflicted with bladder cancer. We see a world where urologic cancer patients can benefit from our innovative oncolytic immunotherapies to live with dignity and have an enhanced quality of life. Our lead candidate, cretostimogene grenadenorepvec, is an intravesically...

Rezo is a different kind of biopharma company. Our mission is to dramatically increase the success rate of drug development by building a disease-agnostic, fully-integrated, network biology platform that will redefine our understanding of human disease and ability to treat it. Our Founders and members of the Board are a group of esteemed, world-class scientists from the University of California,...

Multiply Labs develops advanced robotic systems that manufacture individualized drugs at scale. Our products are enabled by the combination of pharmaceutical science with robotics technology. Multiply Labs has built and operates a unique robotic pharmaceutical manufacturing facility in San Francisco.

Mirum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to transforming the treatment of rare diseases. Mirum’s approved medication is LIVMARLI® (maralixibat) oral solution which is approved in the U.S. for the treatment of cholestatic pruritus in patients with Alagille syndrome one year of age and older. Mirum’s late-stage pipeline includes two investigational treatments for debilitating liver diseases affecting children and...

Biocytogen provides integrated solutions for next-generation antibody drug development to the global biomedical communities. Powered by cutting-edge gene editing technologies and a state-of-the-art animal facility, Biocytogen developed a seamlessly integrated platform for efficient antibody drug discovery and validation, including animal model generation, therapeutic antibody discovery (via RenMab™ mice), and in vivo/in vitro preclinical validation studies. Biocytogen collaborates with more than...

Profluent is an AI-first protein design company. Founded in 2022, we develop deep generative models to design and validate novel, functional proteins to revolutionize biomedicine. Based in Berkeley, CA, we are backed by leading investors including Spark Capital, Insight Partners, Air Street Capital, AIX Ventures, and Convergent Ventures. To learn more about our mission to decode the language of life...

Develop Health, co-founded by Mel van Londen and Ben Easton, is dedicated to transforming the medication prior authorization process. Their product reduces form completion time by over 80% and increases approval rates. With over 10 years of experience in healthcare, the founding team has impacted 200k+ patients and 6k+ providers, holding notable roles at Canvas Medical, IDEO, and Rupa Health.