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TreeFrog Therapeutics
SparingVision

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TreeFrog Therapeutics

CEO : Kévin Alessandri
Backed with funding from the European Union ’ s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Program , TreeFrog Therapeutics is a stem cell startup company .
In its efforts to provide millions of patients with access to cell therapies , TreeFrog Therapeutics has developed C-Stem , an endto-end 3D scalable solution to dramatically reduce treatment costs . Alongside its strategic partners , TreeFrog Therapeutics ’ ambitions are to secure production and quality , fasten clinical development and facilitate access in the market .

“ TreeFrog Therapeutics has developed C-Stem , an endto-end 3D scalable solution to dramatically reduce treatment costs ”

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SparingVision

CEO : Stephane Boissel
Focused on the discovery and development of genomic medicines to address serious ocular disorders , SparingVision ’ s lead product is its breakthrough therapy for retinitis pigmentosa ( RP ), a retinal disease affecting almost two million people around the world .
SparingVision ’ s SPVN06 product uses “ a gene therapy-based approach agnostic of mutated genes ,” and is delivered via a single subretinal injection to prevent the degeneration of photoreceptors . So far SparingVision has raised € 44.5mn in funding .
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