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Lytica Therapeutics

Lytica Therapeutics is an American biotechnology company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

History

On February 18, 2020, Lytica was awarded a $16.9 million grant from the Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Biopharmaceutical Accelerator (CARB-X) for a project to “develop antibacterial peptides with broad activity against multidrug-resistant bacteria.”[1][2]

Lytica was accepted into the Blue Knight program hosted by Johnson & Johnson and the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) in May 2022.[3][4]

Organization

Name Position Notes
Loren Walensky Scientific Co-founder[5] Husband of Rochelle Walensky; employed at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; Scientific Advisory Board member and consultant for Aileron Therapeutics

  1. Robinson, J., & Finnegan, A. (2020, April 18). CARB-X funds Lytica Therapeutics to develop antibacterial peptides to treat drug-resistant infections in the lungs and other parts of the body. CARB-X. http://archive.today/2021.08.08-003713/https://carb-x.org/carb-x-news/carb-x-funds-lytica-therapeutics-to-develop-antibacterial-peptides-to-treat-drug-resistant-infections-in-the-lungs-and-other-parts-of-the-body/ ↩︎

  2. Hounsell, S. (2021, August 6). EXCLUSIVE: CDC Director Walensky’s Husband Received $5 Million in HHS Grants - and That’s Just the Start of It. RedState. https://web.archive.org/web/20230110204450/https://redstate.com/scotthounsell/2021/08/06/exclusive-cdc-director-walenskys-husband-received-5-million-in-hhs-grants-and-thats-just-the-start-of-it-n421809 ↩︎

  3. Home. Lytica - the Secret to More Effective ADCs. Retrieved May 11, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230511210521/https://www.lyticatherapeutics.com/ ↩︎

  4. Lytica Therapeutics, Inc. Johnson & Johnson Innovation. Retrieved May 11, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230511210540/https://jnjinnovation.com/JLABSNavigator/company/Lytica_Therapeutics,_Inc. ↩︎

  5. Loren Walensky. Lytica Therapeutics. Retrieved February 3, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230203130106/https://lyticatherapeutics.com/loren-walensky ↩︎