Q-State Biosciences, Inc.

Cambridge, MA · Biotech · Acquired

Antisense oligonucleotide (ASO) therapeutic targeting FUS gene mutations in ALS

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Grants
$22M
32 awards
Sector median: 1
Raised
—
No Form D on record
Contracts
—
No federal contracts on record
Patents
40
5 granted · 35 pending
Sector median: 2

Capital Timeline

Federal above the line · equity below · node area scaled to amount
Capital and federal award history
DateEventSourceAmount
Federal grantDepartment of Health and Human Services · Phase I · Optopatch: high-throughput all-optical electrophysiology for neural recording$329,000
Federal grantDepartment of Health and Human Services · Phase II · High-throughput, all-optical assay in human cardiomyoctes for clinically relevant prediction of drug induced cardiotoxity.$602,645
Federal grant· 1 of 2 same dayDepartment of Health and Human Services · Phase I · Develop predictive human cardiomyocyte-based all optical assay for cardiotoxicity$824,331
Federal grant· 2 of 2 same dayDepartment of Health and Human Services · Phase II · High throughput all optical assay in human cardiomyoctes for clinically relevant prediction of drug induced cardiotoxity$972,225
Federal grantDepartment of Health and Human Services · Phase II · Optopatch: high-throughput all-optical electrophysiology$676,626
Federal grantDepartment of Health and Human Services · Phase I · Scalable, all-optical assays of synaptic function and plasticity$764,645
Federal grantDepartment of Health and Human Services · Phase II · High-throughput, all-optical assay in human cardiomyoctes for clinically relevant prediction of drug induced cardiotoxity.$369,580
Federal grantDepartment of Health and Human Services · Phase I · All-optical electrophysiology in brain slice for drastically increased throughput$429,501
Federal grantDepartment of Health and Human Services · Phase II · Optopatch: high-throughput all-optical electrophysiology$318,023
Federal grantDepartment of Health and Human Services · Phase I · Rapid, in vitro phenotyping of monogenic neurological disorders using CRISPRi and high-throughput all-optical electrophysiology.$345,471
Federal grantDepartment of Health and Human Services · Phase I · Scalable, all-optical assays of synaptic function and plasticity$344,855
Federal grantDepartment of Health and Human Services · Phase I · Developing an in vitro model for cancer pain using all-optical electrophysiology$299,999
Federal grantDepartment of Health and Human Services · Phase II · An all-optical electrophysiology platform for the discovery of pain therapeutics$222,370
Federal grantDepartment of Health and Human Services · Phase I · All-optical electrophysiology in brain slice for drastically increased throughput$297,542
Federal grantDepartment of Health and Human Services · Phase I · Rapid, in vitro phenotyping of monogenic neurological disorders using CRISPRi and high-throughput all-optical electrophysiology.$550,626
Federal grantDepartment of Health and Human Services · Phase I · Developing an in vitro model for cancer pain using all-optical electrophysiology$92,923
Federal grantDepartment of Health and Human Services · Phase II · Scalable, all-optical assays of synaptic function and plasticity$2,262,081
Federal grantDepartment of Health and Human Services · Phase II · Optopatch:high-throughput all-optical electrophysiology$2,088,693
Federal grantDepartment of Health and Human Services · Phase II · An all-optical electrophysiology platform for the discovery of pain therapeutics$1,732,886
Federal grantDepartment of Health and Human Services · Phase II · A phenotypic screen for compounds that differentially affect excitatory and inhibitory neuronal signaling$585,093
Federal grantDepartment of Health and Human Services · Phase I · Anti-sense oligonucleotide platform for rare genetic diseases of the nervous system$343,037
Federal grantDepartment of Health and Human Services · Phase I · Functional drug fingerprinting with all-optical electrophysiology$885,237
Federal grantDepartment of Health and Human Services · Phase I · Targeting ALS-linked FUS with allele-specific antisense oligonucleotides$236,911
Federal grantDepartment of Health and Human Services · Phase II · Scalable, all-optical assays of synaptic function and plasticity$771,167
Federal grantDepartment of Health and Human Services · Phase II · Optopatch:high-throughput all-optical electrophysiology$724,571
Federal grantDepartment of Health and Human Services · Phase II · An all-optical electrophysiology platform for the discovery of pain therapeutics$1,000,946
Federal grantDepartment of Health and Human Services · Phase I · Functional drug fingerprinting with all-optical electrophysiology$434,945
Federal grantDepartment of Health and Human Services · Phase I · An antisense oligonucleotide therapy for KCNT1 based epileptic encephalopathies$451,550
Federal grantDepartment of Health and Human Services · Phase II · Scalable, all-optical assays of synaptic function and plasticity$713,034
Federal grantDepartment of Health and Human Services · Phase I · An antisense oligonucleotide therapy for KCNT1 based epileptic encephalopathies$76,089
Federal grantDepartment of Health and Human Services · Phase II · Functional drug fingerprinting with all-optical electrophysiology$1,296,058
Federal grantDepartment of Health and Human Services · Phase II · Ultra-high-throughput plate reader for drug discovery using all-optical electrophysiology$475,561
Federal grant · SBIR/STTR

Peer position

Biotech · 4373 companies · ranked on federal contract value
Biotech companies ranked by federal contract value
#CompanyContractsDisclosed equity
2870Nutcracker Therapeutics—$172M
2871REDVAULT BIOSCIENCES LP——
2872Vertex Pharmaceuticals——
2873Q-State Biosciences, Inc.——
2874NEUCORE BIO, INC.——
2875PROMILEAD, LLC——
2876LIBREDE——

Ranked on federal contract value rather than capital raised. The equity column is the comparison worth making — companies at the same procurement position often sit at very different points in their funding history.

Patents

USPTO · 5 granted of 40

Regulatory activity · Biotech

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