Opsona Therapeutics is a drug development

Drug development

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 company specialising in the human immune system

Immune system

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 and new drugs

DRUGS

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 and vaccines to prevent and treat autoimmune/inflammatory

Inflammation

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 conditions, cancer

Cancer

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s and infectious disease

Infectious disease

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Based in Ireland

Ireland

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, Opsona is a spin-out from Trinity College Dublin (TCD). Ireland is ranked highly in the world in immunology

Immunology

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 research, and TCD has been at the forefront of the field .

Opsona's research is primarily focused on the role of Toll-like receptors (TLRs) and TLR signalling in human innate immunity.
The company was founded in 2004 by three immunologists:

• Professor
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   Luke O'Neill
• Professor Kingston Mills
• Professor Dermot Kelleher

Opsona's main investors are international and life-science focused:

• Inventages Venture Capital (Bahamas)
• Seroba Bioventures (Ireland)
• GenenFund (USA)
• Enterprise Ireland
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  (Ireland)