Vedanta Biosciences, Inc.
Biotechnology
Vedanta Biosciences, Inc. is a biotechnology company specializing in the development of drugs based on defined bacterial consortia. These therapeutics target serious gastrointestinal diseases by leveraging beneficial gut bacteria to modulate the microbiome. Vedanta's innovative approach includes pioneering discoveries in immune regulation and achieving commercial-scale production of microbiome-based drug candidates.
Founded: 2010
Bernat Olle, Ph.D. Chief Executive Officer |
Dan Couto Chief Operating Officer |
Jeffrey Silber, MD Chief Medical Officer |
Mark Mullikin Chief Financial Officer |
VE202 is an orally administered, rationally-defined bacterial consortium candidate for the treatment of ulcerative colitis. Vedanta's pipeline also includes VE303, its Phase 3 ready therapeutic candidate designed for the prevention of recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection as well as additional candidates being evaluated for inflammatory bowel diseases and Gram-negative infections.
After a recent $106.5m fundraise, the designation marks another milestone for the company set to start a Phase III study later this year.
Vedanta Biosciences has obtained fast track designation from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its live biotherapeutic VE303, a preventative treatment for recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI).
Vedanta Biosciences, which is developing a potential new category of oral therapies based on defined bacterial consortia, has raised $106.5M.
A company developing a potential new category of oral therapies based on defined bacterial consortia has made two big announcements this week (April 25).