====== Selecta Biosciences ====== {{ :pharmaceutical_companies:selecta_biosciences.png?200|}} **Selecta Biosciences, Inc.** is an American biotechnology company based in [[united_states:massachusetts:Watertown]], [[united_states:Massachusetts]]. It trades on the [[:NASDAQ]] under the ticker name SELB.((//Selecta Biosciences Inc (SELB) Stock Price & News.// Google Finance. Retrieved February 3, 2023, from https://www.google.com/finance/quote/SELB:NASDAQ)) ===== History ===== Selecta Biosciences was founded in 2008 by [[:Omid Farokhzad]], after its incorporation in 2007.((//Selecta Biosciences - Crunchbase Company Profile & Funding.// Crunchbase. Retrieved February 3, 2023, from https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/selecta-biosciences)) ((//Selecta Biosciences, Inc. (SELB) Company Profile & Facts.// Yahoo Finance. Retrieved October 16, 2021, from https://web.archive.org/web/20211016161609/https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/SELB/profile?p=SELB)) The company was founded to develop [[:immunomodulation|immunomodulatory]] [[:nanoparticle|nanoparticles]] for the treatment and prevention of human diseases. Early investors in the then-private startup included [[:Polaris Partners]] and [[:Flagship Pioneering]], the latter of which would soon also launch [[Moderna]].((Bratzler, R. (2009, February 25). //Selecta Biosciences, Inc. Closes $15.1M Series B Financing.// Flagship Pioneering. http://archive.today/2023.02.03-174945/https://www.flagshippioneering.com/press/selecta-biosciences-inc-closes-151m-series-b-financing)) ((//Moderna.// Flagship Pioneering. Retrieved September 15, 2022, from http://archive.today/2022.09.15-150329/https://www.flagshippioneering.com/companies/moderna)) They were joined in February 2009 by additional investments from [[:NanoDimension]] and Professor [[:Timothy Springer]] (a founding investor in Moderna).((Tognini, G. (2020, May 16). //Exclusive: Meet The Harvard Professor Who Became A Billionaire Thanks To Coronavirus.// Forbes. https://web.archive.org/web/20230203175707/https://www.forbes.com/sites/giacomotognini/2020/05/16/exclusive-harvard-professor-who-became-a-billionaire-thanks-to-moderna-talks-about-his-investing/?sh=5ac096b6b8d7)) In December 2021, Selecta invested in a Series B funding round for [[Cyrus Biotechnology]].((//Selecta Biosciences - Funding, Financials, Valuation & Investors.// Crunchbase. Retrieved February 3, 2023, from https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/selecta-biosciences/company_financials)) ===== Activities ===== The company has had license and collaboration agreements with:((//Selecta Biosciences, Inc. (SELB) Company Profile & Facts.// Yahoo Finance. Retrieved October 16, 2021, from https://web.archive.org/web/20211016161609/https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/SELB/profile?p=SELB)) ((//Partnerships.// Selecta Biosciences. Retrieved October 13, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20221013150325/https://selectabio.com/partnerships/)) * [[Asklepios BioPharmaceutical]] (AskBio) * [[Gingko Bioworks]] * [[IGAN Biosciences]] * [[:Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] (MIT) * [[Sarepta Therapeutics]] * [[Shenyang Sunshine Pharmaceutical Co.]] * [[Spark Therapeutics]] * [[Swedish Orphan Biovitrum]] (Sobi) * [[Takeda]] ==== Patents ==== ^ Number ^ Title ^ Date filed ^ Inventor(s) ^ | [[https://web.archive.org/web/20230204063213/https://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/detail.jsf?docId=WO2012149411|WO2012149411]] | CONTROLLED RELEASE OF IMMUNOSUPPRESSANTS FROM SYNTHETIC NANOCARRIERS | April 27, 2012 | [[:David Altreuter]], [[Aaron Griset]], [[Roberto Maldonaldo]] | ===== Organization ===== ^ Personnel((//About Us.// Selecta Biosciences. Retrieved February 4, 2023, from https://archive.ph/Ntfgo)) ^^^ ^ Name ^ Position ^ Notes ^ | [[:Carsten Brunn]] | President and CEO | [[Bayer]], [[:European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations Japan]], [[Eli Lilly]], [[Novartis]], [[Basilea Pharmaceuticals]], [[:Bausch & Lomb]], [[Surface Oncology]] | | [[:Lloyd Johnston]] | Chief Operations Officer | [[Alkermes]], [[Advanced Inhalation Research]] (AIR), [[:University of New South Wales]] | | [[:Takeshi Kei Kishimoto]] | Chief Science Officer | [[Momenta Pharmaceuticals]], [[Millennium Pharmaceuticals]], [[Boehringer Ingelheim]] | | [[:Kristen Baldwin]] | Chief People Officer | [[:LIVEKINDLY Collective]], [[:CEO.works]], [[Bayer]], [[Otsuka Pharmaceuticals]] | | [[:Peter Traber]] | Chief Medical Officer | [[:Alacrita Consulting]], [[Morphic Therapeutic]], [[Galectin Therapeutics]], [[GlaxoSmithKline]], [[:Baylor College of Medicine]], [[:University of Pennsylvania Health System]], [[:University of Pennsylvania]], [[Caladrius Biosciences]] | | [[:Blaine Davis]] | Chief Financial Officer | [[Protera Therapeutics]], [[Insmed]], [[Endo International]], [[:Endo Ventures]], [[Bristol-Myers Squibb]] | | [[:Matthew Bartholomae]] | General Counsel, Secretary | [[Minerva Neurosciences]] | | [[:Ann Donohue]] | Vice President of Finance & Controller | - | | [[:Ulrich von Andrian]] | Co-Founder and Co-Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board | - | | [[:Carrie Cox]] | Chairman | [[Humacyte]], [[Schering-Plough]], [[Pharmacia & Upjohn]], [[:Texas Instruments]], [[:Cardinal Health]], [[Organon]], [[Celgene]], [[Array BioPharma]], [[medical_technology_companies:electroCore]], [[Prism Pharmaceutical]] | | [[:Timothy Barabe]] | Director | [[ArQule]], [[:Veeva Systems]], [[Vigilant Biosciences]], [[medical_technology_companies:Affymetrix]], [[Human Genome Sciences]], [[:Regent Medical]], [[Sandoz]] | | [[:Nishan de Silva]] | Director | [[AFYX Therapeutics]], [[Poseida Therapeutics]], [[Ligand Pharmaceuticals]], [[:Warburg Pincus]], [[:McKinsey & Company]] | | [[:Scott Myers]] | Director | [[AMAG Pharmaceuticals]], [[Rainier Therapeutics]], [[Cascadian Therapeutics]], [[Aerocrine]], [[UCB]], [[Johnson & Johnson]], [[Trillium Therapeutics]], [[Harpoon Therapeutics]], [[Dynavax]] | | [[:Aymeric Sallin]] | Director | [[:NanoDimension]], [[:H55]], [[:Crocus Technology]], [[Tarveda Therapeutics]], [[:Swiss Academy of Engineering Science]], [[:École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne]] (EPFL) | | [[:Timothy Springer]] | Director | [[:Harvard Medical School]], [[:Boston Children's Hospital]], [[LeukoSite]], [[:National Academy of Sciences]] | | [[:Patrick Zenner]] | Director | [[Roche]], [[ArQule]], [[:West Pharmaceutical Services]] | | [[:Shuang Sarah Wu]] | Senior Manager of Strategy and Business Development (former)((//SHUANG (SARAH) WU, Gerente Senior, Estrategia y Desarrollo de Negocios, Selecta Biosciences.// GetEmail.io. Retrieved February 3, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230203004058/https://b2b.getemail.io/shuang-sarah-wu-pfizer-person-company-21927493-3411511.html)) ((NOSTUPID3. (2023, January 31). //微博.// Weibo. https://archive.ph/WPywO)) | Now at [[Pfizer]] | ==== Investors ==== Companies that have invested in/provided funding for Selecta include:((//Selecta Biosciences, Inc. (SELB) Stock Major Holders.// Yahoo Finance. Retrieved February 3, 2023, from https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/SELB/holders?p=SELB)) ((//Companies.// Flagship Pioneering. Retrieved January 15, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230115044601/https://www.flagshippioneering.com/companies)) ((//Selecta Biosciences - Funding, Financials, Valuation & Investors.// Crunchbase. Retrieved February 3, 2023, from https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/selecta-biosciences/company_financials)) * [[:Artal Group]] * [[:BlackRock]] * [[:Boxer Capital]] * [[:EcoR1 Capital]] * [[:Eminent Venture Capital]] * [[:Endurant Capital Management]] * [[:Flagship Pioneering]] * [[:I2BF Global Ventures]] * [[:JPMorgan Chase]] * [[:Leukon Investments]] * [[:Mangrove Partners]] * [[:Millennium Management]] * [[:NanoDimension]] * [[:Osage University Partners]] (OUP) * [[:Oxford Finance]] * [[:Polaris Partners]] * [[:Sanofi Ventures]] * [[:Silicon Valley Bank]] * [[:Sphera Funds Management]] * [[:Vanguard]] ===== External links ===== * [[https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/selecta-biosciences|Crunchbase]] * [[https://www.linkedin.com/company/selecta-bio/|LinkedIn]] * [[https://twitter.com/selectabio|Twitter]] * [[https://wiki.whiteroseintelligence.com/en/Selecta-Biosciences|White Rose Wiki]]