john zabriskie david elmaleh and ben shapiro headquarters boston massachusetts website puretech website puretech is a cross disciplinary biotech company located in boston massachusetts . the company has a pipeline of products in cns gi and immune indications in emerging areas like the microbiome and digital medicine . puretech identifies health care problems and works with employees therapeutic area experts and external partners to develop potential solutions . 1 contents 1 company overview 1.1 recent news 2 pipeline 3 references 4 external links company overview edit puretech was founded by daphne zohar john zabriskie and robert langer . mark ratner described puretech in nature biotechnology as a firm that searches for opportunity in forming companies around early stage assets . 2 3 inc. magazine described it as an institutional founder which means it conceptualizes incubates and founds companies . 4 senior partners at the firm include john lamattina former president of pfizer global research and development mit s robert horvitz harvard s raju kucherlapati joi ito director of the mit media lab former sanofi ceo christopher viehbacher and co founder bennett shapiro former executive vice president of worldwide licensing and external research at merck . 3 5 1 david r. elmaleh is another advisor and cofounder . 3 6 recent news edit in may 2015 puretech announced an ipo on the london stock exchange with the aim of raising 160 million to fund product development . 7 pipeline edit puretech currently has 20 clinical studies across its pipeline and has three pivotal stage and five post human proof of concept products 8 they include vedanta biosciences developing microbiome derived therapies for the treatment of infectious diseases allergies and autoimmune disorders ; 9 10 11 gelesis a clinical stage company developing a weight loss pill that swells in the stomach and curbs appetite before passing harmlessly through the digestive system ; 12 13 14 akili interactive labs a clinical stage company developing a platform for remotely diagnosing and treating cognitive disorders 15 16 17 like adhd autism spectrum disorders and alzheimer s disease ; the sync project developing a platform that will scientifically measure how music effects the human body in an effort to treat conditions such as depression fatigue insomnia and autism ; 18 19 20 entrega developing a novel kind of pill that allows for the oral delivery of injectable drugs like insulin ; 21 tal medical a clinical stage company developing a medical device which uses a low strength magnetic field to reboot electrical circuits in the brain and alleviate the symptoms of depression ; 22 23 follica a clinical stage company which harnesses advances in epithelial stem cell biology to develop treatments for male and female pattern baldness ; 24 25 26 and karuna a clinical stage company developing a mechanism of action therapeutic for treating schizophrenia . 27 references edit a b damian garde february 27 2015 . viehbacher wades into the startup world joining puretech in his first post sanofi move . fiercebiotech . retrieved april 6 2015 . marc songini june 22 2010 . robert langer s reach touches new england biotech scene . mass high tech . retrieved july 15 2014 . a b c mark ratner december 2006 . profile daphne zohar . nature biotechnology . retrieved july 17 2013 . karl stark and bill stewart september 6 2012 . choosing the right vc is more important than any hire you ll ever make . inc. magazine . retrieved july 17 2013 . galen moore november 10 2009 . pfizer r & d vet lamattina joins puretech ventures . boston business journal . retrieved july 17 2013 . steven a. edwards 2008 . the nanotech pioneers . john wiley & sons . p. 168 . retrieved july 17 2013 . ben hirschler 26 may 2015 . u.s. health group puretech seeks 160 million in london listing . reuters . retrieved 26 may 2015 . jeremy singer vine july 10 2008 . big pharmas join to speed discoveries . wall street journal . retrieved july 23 2013 . don seiffert january 13 2015 . janssen to invest up to 241m in vedanta to develop drug for inflammatory bowel disease . boston business journal . retrieved january 21 2015 . j & j opens boston innovation center strikes additional early stage deals . genetic engineering & biotechnology news . june 27 2013 . retrieved july 17 2013 . line feed character in publisher at position 24 help ryan mcbride june 14 2012 . bugs living in humans breed biotech startups . fierce biotech . retrieved july 17 2013 . karen weintraub june 30 2014 . new allies in war on weight . the boston globe . retrieved january 21 2015 . ingenuity vs. obesity companies testing drugs devices aimed at helping patients control waistlines . boston globe . march 7 2011 . retrieved july 15 2014 . ryan mcbride june 10 2012 . obesity field gets boost with 6.2 m round for gelesis . fierce biotech . retrieved july 17 2013 . stacey lawrence january 9 2015 . puretech bumps its early life science funds up to 107m . fiercemedicaldevices . retrieved january 21 2015 . damian garde august 1 2012 . adhd treating video game to chart fda approval path . fierce medical devices . retrieved july 17 2013 . scott kirsner march 7 2012 . boston based akili interactive labs developing therapeutic video games to enhance your cognitive functions . boston globe . retrieved july 22 2013 . elizabeth segran march 11 2015 . the sync project s ambitious quest to use music as medicine . fast company . retrieved april 6 2015 . nidhi subbaraman march 11 2015 . music as medicine the sync project will use big data to study the healing power of melody . betaboston . retrieved april 6 2015 . rebecca strong march 11 2015 . puretech launches music for health startup the sync project . bostinno . retrieved april 6 2015 . scott kirsner november 1 2014 . google x project has hub partner . the boston globe . retrieved january 21 2015 . ben fidler january 10 2014 . tal medical gets nimh backing for fast acting depression therapy . xconomy . retrieved january 21 2015 . puretech ventures launches tal medical to develop magnetic field treatment for depression . xconomy . june 13 2011 . retrieved july 17 2013 . ben fidler june 3 2013 . hair raising follica study could point to baldness therapy . xconomy . retrieved january 21 2015 . puretech ventures . crunchbase . retrieved july 17 2013 . mersana lands 21m in vc . boston business journal . november 9 2005 . retrieved july 17 2013 . ryan mcbride january 20 2011 . ex pfizer exec ed harrigan takes top job at secretive karuna pharmaceuticals . xconomy . retrieved january 21 2015 . external links edit puretech website enlight biosciences retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title puretech & oldid 743301754 categories health care companies of the united statesbiotechnology companies of the united statescompanies based in bostoninvestment companies of the united stateshidden categories pages using duplicate arguments in template callscs1 errors invisible characters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 9 october 2016 at 01 22 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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