Top 23 COPD treatment startups

Oct 12, 2024 | By Jason Kwon

These startups develop new diagnostics and treatment technologies for COPD, like gene therapy, AI imaging analyses, new spirometers, sensors, drugs and drug-delivery solutions...
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Country: New Zealand | Funding: $15.4M
Adherium provides digital health solutions for respiratory conditions including asthma and COPD.
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Country: Germany | Funding: $125M
kaia is a digital therapeutics company focused on AI-powered management of chronic pain
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Country: UK
A drug discovery and development company focused on advancing novel approaches for severe respiratory conditions
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Country: UK | Funding: £68.8M
Enterprise Therapeutics is a drug discovery company dedicated to the research and development of novel therapies for the treatment of respiratory diseases. In diseases such as cystic fibrosis, asthma and COPD the lungs become congested with mucus leading to difficulty in breathing. New disease modifying therapies that target the underlying mechanisms of mucus congestion will reduce the frequency of lung infections and improve patient quality of life.
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Country: USA | Funding: $41M
We create breath-based diagnostic and monitoring devices with the aim to improve the lives of those with respiratory conditions like asthma, COPD, cystic fibrosis and pulmonary hypertension.
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Country: USA | Funding: $33.2M
VIDA is a leader in quantitative lung analysis for COPD, emphysema and asthma, establishing objective, reproducible and quantitative
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Country: Israel | Funding: $28M
Inspira Technologies is an innovative medical technology company. Inspira develops a cost-effective minimally invasive Extracorporeal Respiratory Support technology (ECRS), which the company believes has the potential to utilize oxygen to rebalance patients' saturation levels while they are awake. Inspira’s technology has the potential to prevent the need for mechanical ventilation.
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Country: Sweden | Funding: $28.2M
NuvoAir combines hardware, software and data to improve lives of people suffering from respiratory conditions
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Country: USA | Funding: $23.3M
Pneuma Respiratory is focused on creating therapeutic treatments for diseases of the lungs using a digital first platform for inhaled drug delivery. Our focus is to improve the potential effectiveness of currently available and novel drugs, with the initial targets being approved therapeutics for asthma and COPD.
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Country: USA | Funding: $22M
Telesair creates Respiratory Humidifier, designed for use in the ICU, and support the development of a new product that aims to help patients leave the hospital more quickly and stay at home safely.
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Country: USA | Funding: $16.8M
Cohero developed a connected spirometer to assess lung function and medication adherence in asthma and COPD patients. It was designed to be a clinical grade medical device to function as a barometer for lung function. It also produced a patient-facing app that helps users track their data.
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Country: USA | Funding: $15.7M
Sentrian developed a biosensor supported by cloud technology and machine to detect deteriorating health of patients earlier.
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Country: Cyprus | Funding: €10M
Liita Care is a MedTech company focused on Respiratory Health. We are committed to improve quality of life for patients and healthy consumers by developing and manufacturing new and better therapies and medical devices for respiratory health management.
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Country: Israel | Funding: €10M
NanoVation provides monitoring solutions for patients with chronic respiratory diseases.
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Country: Germany | Funding: €4.7M
VisionHealth supports patients with chronic lung diseases who are dependent on their inhaler.
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Country: USA | Funding: $5M
LifeMap Solutions develops a m-Health platform that integrates disparate sources of information to generate an accurate picture of an individual's health. One of the primary apps is COPD Navigator app.
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Country: UK | Funding: $3M
Arete Medical Technologies is a startup creating medical devices and software for precision approaches to chronic diseases, starting with asthma and COPD.
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Country: UK | Funding: £2.5m
Pure is a private medical facility, the first of its kind in the UK, providing innovative science-backed treatments & therapies.
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Country: Belgium | Funding: €1M
ArtiQ developed AI-based software that automatically processes pulmonary function test (PFT) data and generates a clinical report. It provides cloud-based coupling and synchronization with either electronic patient records or directly with PFT machines. The AI report is stored in the patient file immediately.
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Country: USA | Funding: $100K
Wellinks is a hardware enabled digital health company focused on reinventing respiratory care around the people who need it.
Editor: Jason Kwon
Jason Kwon is a senior editor for MedicalStartups. He has previously covered the pharmaceutical and medical research industries for FDAnews and worked as a head of marketing for medical startup Sonic Therapeutics. Before that, he co-founded a startup consulting business for emerging entrepreneurial hubs in Asia. Jason graduated from St. Bonaventure University’s journalism school. In his free time, Jason enjoys yoga, watching movie trailers, traveling to places where he can't get cell service. You can contact Jason at jaskwon(at)medicalstartups(dot)com