Top California Pharmaceutical Startups (146)

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...

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.

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...

Adimab is the most successful antibody discovery company in the industry, with 600+ discovery campaigns and 80+ clinical programs created with more than 130 partners. Our unique, yeast-based platform is a comprehensive and effective tool for the discovery and optimization of fully human monoclonal and bispecific antibodies. Our partners range from some of the biggest pharma to biotech companies at all...

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...

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...

Pliant Therapeutics is a late-stage clinical company and leader in the discovery and development of novel therapeutics for the treatment of fibrotic diseases We believe that by harnessing the therapeutic potential of integrin biology and TGF-β modulation, there is a potential to create drug candidates aimed at halting or even reversing fibrotic diseases and address the unmet needs of many patients. Pliant’s...

Drug Hunter™ is an essential subscription service for R&D-focused organizations turning molecules into medicines. Every day, drug discovery strategies, tactics, challenges and solutions are disclosed, but the knowledge is fragmented across journals, conferences, patents, databases, news, company reports, filings and endless other sources, making it challenging to find and apply. Drug Hunter’s experts keep you current by connecting the dots, distilling industry...

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...

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...

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...

Annexon (Nasdaq: ANNX) is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing a new class of complement medicines for patients with classical complement-mediated autoimmune, neurodegenerative, and ophthalmic disorders of the body, brain, and eye. The company’s pipeline is based on its platform technology addressing a broad spectrum of well-researched classical complement-mediated autoimmune and neurodegenerative diseases triggered by aberrant activation of C1q, the initiating...

SmithRx is committed to providing a straightforward approach to reducing drug costs and improving health outcomes. We understand that reducing pharmacy costs is top of mind for us all. We utilize cloud technologies to deliver the most streamlined and cost-effective PBM solution: one that is modularized and can be tailored to meet individual needs. Our compelling value proposition can be summarized...

ImmunEdge is a biopharmaceutical company committed to developing novel therapeutics for patients with serious or life-threatening diseases. With a highly experienced team of experts in immunology and drug development, we are pioneering innovative approaches to target and modulate key molecular pathways that regulate the immune response.

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

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...

LighthouseAI provides state licensing software and services to companies within the pharmaceutical supply chain, to help meet requirements set by regulatory agencies. The company was born out of Pharma Solutions, a consulting and services company started in 2015 by our CEO and Founder, Sumeet Singh.

SeqMatic is a CRO Laboratory that provides superior end-to-end NGS, Multi-omics and histopathology workflow solutions including DNA, RNA, Single Cell, Epigenomics, Spatial, Histology & Bioinformatics. All work performed in Fremont, CA. Founded in 2012 by former Illumina R&D scientists. Certified by Illumina, 10x Genomics and Parse Biosciences. CLIA/CAP accredited laboratory with robust Quality Management Systems. Our work has been cited...

iota Biosciences, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Astellas Pharma US, is a medical device company working to develop pioneering bioelectronics to advance the treatment and management of disease. Founded in 2017 to build on the award-winning ultrasound technology invented at the University of California, Berkeley, iota Biosciences is committed to improving human life and bringing our groundbreaking approaches to the patients...

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