EpiBiologics vs Pliant Therapeutics
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Raised $107M Series B (Jan 2026) co-led by J&J Ventures and Google Ventures. EpiTAC targets membrane and secreted proteins — expanding degradation beyond intracellular-only. EPI-326 entering Phase 1 H1 2026.
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EpiBiologics develops EpiTAC — a targeted protein degradation platform designed to eliminate membrane and secreted proteins that existing degrader technologies cannot reach. The company raised $107 million in Series B financing in January 2026, co-led by Johnson & Johnson Ventures and Google Ventures, a rare investor pairing that brings both pharma development expertise and computational biology capabilities. The lead program, EPI-326 (an EGFR degrader for non-small cell lung cancer), is entering Phase 1 clinical trials in the first half of 2026.
Pliant Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biotech (Nasdaq: PLRX) developing integrin inhibitors for fibrotic diseases, with lead program bexotegrast in Phase 2b/3 trials for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
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Pliant Therapeutics develops small molecule integrin inhibitors targeting the pathological tissue scarring (fibrosis) that drives diseases including idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC), and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH/MASH). Integrins are cell surface receptors that activate TGF-β, the master regulator of fibrosis — blocking specific integrin subtypes (αvβ6, αvβ1) can halt or reverse fibrosis progression without broadly suppressing immunity.
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