Video Interview: C4 Therapeutics Targets Protein Degradation
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Executive Summary
Finding a way to trick the ubiquitin proteasome system, C4 Therapeutics, a spin-out from Harvard's Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, has developed a method to target any disease-causing protein for degradation. Fresh from announcing the creation of the company, a $73m series A financing, and a deal with Roche which has a potential biodollar value north of $750m, C4 Therapeutics co-founder and executive chair Marc Cohen explains to Informa Pharma Insights global director of content Mike Ward how the approach works.
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