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CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-November 17, 2020 – Casma Therapeutics, Inc., a biotechnology company harnessing the process of autophagy to design powerful new medicines, today announced the appointment of Nagesh Mahanthappa, Ph.D., MBA, to its Board of Directors. “We are pleased to welcome Nagesh to our Board of Directors at this significant next stage of Casma’s development,” stated […]

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. & COPENHAGEN, Denmark- December 1, 2020-Casma Therapeutics, Inc. and Vipergen ApS announced today the signing of a drug discovery agreement. Under the terms of the agreement, Vipergen will apply its proprietary high-fidelity DNA-encoded library (DEL) technology platform to discover novel small-molecule drug leads against a broad range of undisclosed Casma discovery targets. Casma […]

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 14, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Casma Therapeutics, Inc., a biotechnology company harnessing the process of autophagy to design powerful new medicines, today announced that Chief Executive Officer, Keith Dionne, Ph.D., will present a company overview at the upcoming Oppenheimer Rare & Orphan Disease Summit on Friday, May 21, 2021 at 8:15 a.m. ET. […]

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 13, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Casma Therapeutics, Inc., a biotechnology company harnessing the process of autophagy to design powerful new medicines, today announced the appointment of Sharon Tooze, Ph.D. to its scientific advisory board (SAB). “We are thrilled to welcome Sharon to our SAB at this pivotal stage of Casma’s growth,” stated Leon […]

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., September 15, 2021 – Casma Therapeutics, Inc., a biotechnology company harnessing the process of autophagy to design powerful new medicines, today announced that Keith Dionne, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer of Casma, will participate in the upcoming virtual UBS Virtual Biotechnology Private Company Symposium being held on September 22-23, 2021.   UBS Virtual Biotechnology Private Company […]

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. 04, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Casma Therapeutics, Inc., a biotechnology company harnessing the process of autophagy to design new medicines, today announced the publication of new research findings in Science Advances co-authored by Casma scientists, along with Oliver Florey, Ph.D., of the Brabraham Institute, and Casma scientific co-founder Andrea Ballabio, M.D., of the Telethon Institute […]

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., November 10, 2021 – Casma Therapeutics, Inc., a biotechnology company harnessing the power of autophagy to design innovative new medicines, today announced that Chief Executive Officer, Keith Dionne, Ph.D., will present at the upcoming Stifel Virtual Healthcare Conference on Wednesday, November 17, 2021 at 10 a.m. ET.   About Casma Therapeutics Casma Therapeutics is harnessing […]

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 7, 2022 – Casma Therapeutics, Inc., a biotechnology company engaging the autophagy system to design innovative new medicines, today announced that Casma management will participate in virtual investor meetings on April 14, 2022 at the upcoming 21st Annual Needham Virtual Healthcare Conference being held on Monday, April 11 – Thursday, April 14, 2022.   About […]

Company is focusing on lysosomal storage disorders, liver and muscle diseases, inflammation and neurodegeneration CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 3, 2018 — Casma Therapeutics, Inc., a biotechnology company harnessing the natural cellular process of autophagy to design powerful new medicines, launched today with $58.5 million in Series A funding from Third Rock Ventures. Casma is pioneering novel strategies […]

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 30, 2018 — Casma Therapeutics Inc., a biotechnology company harnessing the natural cellular process of autophagy to design powerful new medicines, today announced the publication of a landmark paper by scientific co-founder Beth Levine describing the health and lifespan benefits of increased autophagy in a mouse model. The study, published in Nature, describes observations […]