Top 10 Lung Cancer treatment startups

Updated: April 19, 2024

These startups develop new lung cancer treatments and diagnostics technologies, such as medical imaging AI, breath analysis, immunotherapy, gene therapy, genome analytics, surgery robotics.
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Country: USA | Funding: $3B
At Moderna, we are pioneering the development of a new class of drugs made of messenger RNA (mRNA). This novel drug platform builds on the discovery that modified mRNA can direct the body’s cellular machinery to produce nearly any protein of interest, from native proteins to antibodies and other entirely novel protein constructs that can have therapeutic activity inside and outside of cells.
2
Country: USA | Funding: $1.6B
IOVANCE Biotherapeutics is focused on the development and commercialization of autologous cellular immunotherapies optimizing personalized, tumor-directed Tumor Infiltrating Lymphocytes (TIL)
3
Country: USA | Funding: $1.3B
Fate Therapeutics is a stem cell and developmental biology research company using biological mechanisms to develop stem cell therapeutics.
4
Country: USA | Funding: $749.5M
Nuvalent is a biotechnology company that develops targeted therapies for clinically proven kinase targets in cancer.
5
Country: USA | Funding: $733.3M
Auris Health is developer of robotic microsurgical devices designed for ophthalmic procedures that help diagnose cancer using controllers.
6
Country: USA | Funding: $313M
Bicara Therapeutics develops dual-action cancer therapies, combining targeted treatments with tumor modulators for enhanced impact.
7
Country: USA | Funding: $219.5M
Epic Sciences is a diagnostics company improving cancer management by providing real-time biopsy material to guide personalized medicine.
8
Country: USA | Funding: $165M
Obsidian Therapeutics is a developer of a next-generation cell and gene therapies created to extend adoptive immunotherapy.
9
Country: Denmark | Funding: $160.4M
Galecto develops galectin modulators for the treatment of severe diseases, including fibrosis and cancer. The company builds on more than 10 years of research into galectins and galectin modulators, which combined with a strong patent estate gives Galecto Biotech a unique platform.
10
Country: Canada | Funding: $141.4M
Kintara Therapeutics is engaged in developing and commercializing therapies for the treatment of cancer patients.
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11
Country: USA | Funding: $106M
Totus Medicines is a provider of chemical biology technologies by creating life-changing covalent drugs.
12
Country: China | Funding: $101.6M
Juventas is a provider and developer of innovative immune cell therapeutic drugs.
13
Country: USA | Funding: $95M
Lantern Pharma is a clinical stage pharmaceutical company developing new classes of precision cancer drugs with novel mechanisms of action.
14
Country: USA | Funding: $82.9M
Genprex is a clinical stage gene therapy company developing molecular therapies to better target lung cancer cells. Their new approach to treating cancer is based upon our novel proprietary technology platform, including our initial product candidate, Oncoprex immunogene therapy, or Oncoprex.
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Country: USA | Funding: $82.4M
Rain Therapeutics is a biotech company laser focused on a subtype of non-small cell lung cancer
16
Country: USA | Funding: $75M
OncoMyx Therapeutics develops oncolytic immunotherapies to orchestrate an immune response and treat cancer.
17
Country: USA | Funding: $73M
OncoCyte focused on cancers with large patient populations and significant unmet need. The company is developing three genetic tests – blood tests for breast cancer and lung cancer, and a urine-based test for bladder cancer.
18
Country: USA | Funding: $65M
Actuate Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of compounds for use in the treatment of cancer, and inflammatory diseases leading to fibrosis and neurodegeneration. Our work has led to some fascinating results around anti-tumor activity in the brain, pancreas, lungs, and breasts.
19
Country: Israel | Funding: $57.4M
Zebra is empowering radiologists with its revolutionary AI1 offering which helps health providers manage the ever increasing workload without compromising quality- at a flat, transparent $1 per scan
20
Country: UK | Funding: $52M
Iksuda Therapeutics is a biotechnology company specializing in the development of next generation biotherapeutics
21
Country: USA | Funding: $35.5M
EpicentRx Inc is a clinical-stage immuno-oncology company.
22
Country: China | Funding: CN¥201M
12 Sigma is an innovative healthcare company with leading artificial intelligence technology and medical imaging applications.
23
Country: Israel | Funding: $28.5M
A medical device company specializing in augmented real-time imaging. It develops LungVision platform for planning, navigating to, and targeting small pulmonary nodules within the peripheral regions of the lungs. The product integrates into bronchoscopy suites and provides a step-by-step process that the company claims doesn’t require a large learning curve.
24
Country: UK | Funding: $15.3M
Optellum develops an imaging biomarker for smart lung cancer AI-detection.
25
Country: USA | Funding: $14.4M
20/20 GeneSystems develops and commercializes innovative, proprietary diagnostics tests that aid in the fight against cancer.
26
Country: USA | Funding: $2M
Liquid Biotech is a technology for cancer diagnostics and gene discover
27
Country: USA | Funding: $1.8M
Deton is transforming the understanding and treatment of lung disease by providing complete and timely lung health information thru Aerosol Biopsy
28
Country: USA | Funding: $1.2M
Peer Medical allows lung cancer patients to anonymously share treatments with each other
29
Country: USA | Funding: $100K
Astraeus Technologies is a startup that is creating a noninvasive Lung cancer screening test.
30
Country: USA
OncoC4 is a biopharmaceutical company that engages in the discovery and development of novel biologicals for cancer treatment.
31
Country: South Korea
J INTS BIO is a biotechnology business that specialises in the development of anticancer and orphan medications.