Carolyn Bertozzi-founded Lycia Therapeutics raises $106M to enter the clinic

A dif­fer­ent take on pro­tein degra­da­tion will en­ter hu­man tri­als as Ly­cia Ther­a­peu­tics, found­ed by No­bel lau­re­ate Car­olyn Bertozzi, has re­fu­eled with $106.6 mil­lion.

The Se­ries C, dis­closed Mon­day morn­ing, will fund lead pro­grams in au­toim­mune and in­flam­ma­to­ry dis­eases. The biotech is al­so still work­ing with in­vestor and part­ner Eli Lil­ly on up to five dif­fer­ent tar­gets in im­munol­o­gy and pain, a $1.6+ bil­lion pact that was dis­closed a few weeks be­fore a $70 mil­lion Se­ries B in the fall of 2021.

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