Atlas, Sofinnova lead $45M investment in cancer startup

The founders of a small Cambridge startup helping to develop more effective drugs for cancer, autoimmune disorders and liver diseases like NASH are planning to double staff after closing a $45 million Series A venture capital investment. The startup, HotSpot Therapeutics Inc., has developed a platform it calls SpotFinder, which it says can better identify protein targets or "hotspots," to enable drugmakers to develop more potent medications for a variety of diseases. "What's exciting about HotSpot…
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