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TEDCO Announces Investment into Rise Therapeutics

Biotech company receives follow-on funding to accelerate ongoing clinical development efforts
TEDCO, Maryland’s economic engine for technology companies, announced a recent Seed Funds investment of $200,000 into Rise Therapeutics, a Maryland-based biotechnology company. TEDCO’s Seed Funds invest in early-stage, technology and life sciences companies and provides access to gap financing.
Funding Announcement for Novel Synthetic Biology Drug Candidate for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Developed by Rise Therapeutics
Rockville, Maryland - Rise Therapeutics, a biotech company focused on developing novel immunological-directed synthetic biology-based therapeutics, announced today that it has received funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop a novel therapeutic for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS). The funding will support completion of product validation studies and preparation for clinical development for the program. Rise’s functionally directed immunotherapy engages natural gut microbiome-associated immunological processes with the potential to diminish lung neutrophilia, reduce inflammation, upregulate regulatory T cells, and restore airways epithelial barrier to balance and reset the patient’s immunological repertoire.
Rise Therapeutics Announces FDA Clearance of its IND Application to Initiate a Phase 1 Study of an Oral Immunotherapy for the Treatment of Ulcerative Colitis
Rockville, Maryland, January 31st, 2023 – Rise Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company engaged in developing novel oral synthetic biology medicines, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted its investigational new drug (IND) application to proceed with a Phase 1 clinical trial of its lead program candidate, R-3750.