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| Company type | Public |
|---|---|
| Industry | Healthcare |
| Founded | 2005 |
| Headquarters | Boston, United States |
Key people | Christopher Viehbacher (Chairman) Daphne Zohar (CEO) |
| Products | Medicines |
| Revenue |  $3.3 million (2023) [1] |
 $(146.2) million (2023) [1] | |
| $(66.6) million (2023) [1] | |
| Website | puretechhealth |
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The company was founded by Daphne Zohar, an American entrepreneur, in 2005. [2] It was the subject of an initial public offering on the London Stock Exchange in June 2015. [3]
Companies which PureTech Health founded include Karuna Pharmaceuticals, [4] Gelesis, which has received FDA approval as a treatment for weight management, [5] Akili Interactive Labs, which is developing a digital therapeutic platform for cognitive disorders, [6] Vedanta Biosciences, which is developing drugs to treat autoimmune and inflammatory diseases, [7] and Follica which is developing new treatments for androgentic alopecia among others. [8] PureTech also has a pipeline of its own immunology, lymphatic and oncology based therapeutics. [9]
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