
Developer of Next-Generation Anti-Tumor DNA Vaccines

State-owned venture capital institutions
Recently,NEWISH Announces Completion of B1 Round Financing Worth Tens of Millions. This round of financing was jointly invested by Broadcom Capital, Wuxi Capital Group, and Excellence Meijia, and the funds will be mainly used to advance the clinical Phase I and II studies of core pipelines.

NEWISH is a biotech innovation company focused on gene therapy and other fields, paying attention to unmet clinical needs with a unique commercial perspective. The company continuously conducts First-in-class "China-original" nucleic acid drug research with complete independent intellectual property rights.Relying on the jointly built STARi (Super Targeted Activation of T-cell Immune Response) nucleic acid drug development platform, a new generation of therapeutic cancer vaccines is being developed. Currently, the company is primarily focused on underserved clinical areas such as cervical precancerous lesions and post-surgical recurrence of liver cancer. Several novel drugs have already entered the clinical development stage, including...Therapeutic DNA gene drug for liver cancer, NWRD06, received IND approval in May 2023; Therapeutic DNA gene drug for HPV, NWRD08, in October 2023.Received IND approval.Clinical trial results show that NWRD08 has demonstrated significant advantages in both safety and efficacy. Administered via injection into the deltoid muscle of the upper arm, the drug not only avoids the trauma and potential risks associated with traditional surgery but also achieves a reduction in lesion severity within a relatively short period, promoting the clearance of the E6E7 gene or virus.It is believed that as subsequent clinical trials continue to progress, these two therapeutic vaccine drugs will bring good news to a large number of patients with precancerous cervical lesions and hepatocellular carcinoma.
The company's R&D team is led by Academician Jiang Jiandong and authoritatively guided by former clinical review experts from the CDE of the National Medical Products Administration. The core technical leaders are Dr. Liu Defang and Dr. Qi Hailong, two "Science and Technology New Stars" talents of Beijing from Peking University. The team consists of more than 10 high-caliber postdoctoral researchers and Ph.D. talents from prestigious institutions such as Peking University, Tsinghua University, Nankai University, University of Science and Technology of China, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, who are passionate about original innovation, as well as senior industrialization professionals with deep expertise in clinical medical registration. The company has obtained over 40 invention patents in fields such as cell and gene therapy and tumor vaccines. It has published multiple SCI papers as the first or corresponding author institution and received significant special funding support from the Beijing Municipal Science & Technology Commission.
About Broadcom Capital
Broadcom Capital was founded in 2015 as a comprehensive industrial investment platform that uses capital as a link, technology as an engine, and strategic empowerment as a driver. Through the "capital operation + industry cultivation + management empowerment"三位一体 model, it builds an innovative business ecosystem. Broadcom Capital focuses on multi-faceted businesses such as equity investment, mergers and acquisitions, and asset management, with resources covering all of China. It is involved in the entire industrial chain of financial assets, has deep cultivation in the industry for many years, and has in-depth cooperation with universities, research institutes/laboratories, government platforms, large central/state-owned enterprises, and leading industrial enterprises across China. With strong industrial resource backgrounds in fields such as biomedicine, information technology innovation, and green low-carbon, Broadcom Capital's unique "capital-industry double helix structure" integrates industry expert think tanks to create a precise decision-making engine for technology investment. The core management team has cumulatively participated in managing funds with a scale of nearly 10 billion yuan.
About Wuxi Capital Group
Wuxi Capital Group is a state-owned venture capital institution that integrates seed, angel, venture, equity, merger and acquisition, and S funds, with a total fund management scale exceeding 270 billion yuan, providing comprehensive support tailored to the development stages of enterprises. The company has deep expertise in the life sciences and healthcare industry, establishing a fund system that covers the entire lifecycle of enterprises in the biopharmaceuticals and healthcare sector, bringing both financial and industrial resource synergies to its portfolio companies. It has a professional and diverse investment team specializing in the biopharmaceuticals and healthcare industry, with investment areas covering innovative drugs, biotechnology, medical devices, and more.
About Excellence Meijia
Beijing Excellence Meijia Medical Investment Management Co., Ltd., as a深耕者 in China's medical and health industry, has always focused on the value-based healthcare sector since its establishment in 2004, building a "investment operation + industry empowerment" dual-driven model. The company invests in and operates physical medical institutions, with extensive hands-on experience in clinical trials and hospital operations management. Relying on the industrial ecosystem of its controlling shareholder, Beijing Jimenshi Health Industry Investment Co., Ltd., it has achieved comprehensive service capabilities across the entire healthcare industry chain.
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