Flagship Ventures Dives Into Microbiome, Launches Seres Health
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
Only a few biopharmaceutical start-ups have formed in the emerging microbiome space, but VC firm Flagship says its homegrown Seres Health, still somewhat stealthy, is developing a new category of drugs that aim to rebalance microbiome populations causing disease.
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