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Sherlock Biosciences and Tolo Biotech Expand Collaboration to Advance Development and Adoption of CRISPR-based Diagnostics

Companies Grant Co-exclusivity to Cas12 and Cas13 Globally, Reinforcing Dominant IP Position and Ensuring Broad Adoption in Diagnostics Markets

Watertown, Mass. – November 1, 2022- Sherlock Biosciences, a company engineering biology to bring next-generation diagnostics to the point-of-need, today announced it has signed a licensing agreement with Shanghai-based Tolo Biotech. The agreement grants co-exclusive rights to Cas12 and Cas13 CRISPR diagnostic methods in markets outside of the U.S. and Greater China. As the only two companies with rights to the Cas12 and Cas13 method patents in the diagnostics market, this agreement furthers Sherlock and Tolo’s collaboration and provides the partners with rights to the most comprehensive portfolio of diagnostic CRISPR patents.

In 2020, Tolo granted Sherlock exclusive rights in the U.S. to its CRISPR Cas12 (including Cas12a and Cas12b) diagnostic technology, and Sherlock granted Tolo exclusive rights to the CRISPR Cas13 SHERLOCK™ diagnostic platform in Greater China. This latest news further extends the collaboration and global IP portfolio for the companies.

“We are very pleased to be expanding our collaboration with Tolo through this licensing agreement,” said Bryan Dechairo, president and CEO of Sherlock Biosciences. “What began as a license agreement for the U.S. and Greater China has now grown to cover the rest of the world, ensuring we can advance the development and adoption of these powerful technologies globally, further securing our position as the global leader in CRISPR diagnostics.”

Through this licensing agreement the companies can also sublicense rights for laboratory and hospital markets, enabling global partnerships that can further drive development and commercialization of CRISPR-based assays on new and more affordable diagnostic platforms worldwide. The Cas12 and Cas13 families of enzymes are highly programmable and exhibit strong collateral activities that make them uniquely suited for the specific DNA and RNA molecular detection of pathogens and single nucleotide polymorphisms. When combined with existing or novel isothermal amplification methods, they achieve the highest levels of sensitivity with the fastest time to result, without requiring sophisticated instrumentation.

“CRISPR holds tremendous promise in driving the future of molecular diagnostics and we are very glad to be partnering with Sherlock to bring this technology to the world,” said Jin Wang, co-founder and CEO of Tolo Biotech. “By joining forces, we can not only advance the development of powerful CRISPR-based diagnostics, but we can also drive the manufacturing and distribution of these products outside of the U.S. and Greater China where they are greatly needed to improve global health equity.”

About Sherlock Biosciences

Sherlock Biosciences is developing products that will empower people to access answers and have more control over their health decisions. Through our engineering biology tools, CRISPR-based SHERLOCK™ and synthetic biology-based INSPECTR™, we are bringing together the accuracy of PCR with the convenience and simplicity of antigen tests for molecular diagnostics at the point-of-need. SHERLOCK and INSPECTR can be used in virtually any setting without complex instrumentation, making it well suited for use in the home and in low- resource settings, opening up a wide range of potential applications in areas including infectious disease, early detection of cancer, treatment monitoring, and precision medicine. In 2020 the company made history with the first FDA-authorized use of CRISPR technology. For more information, please visit www.sherlock.bio.

About Tolo Biotech

Tolo Biotech aims to provide cutting-edge solutions for molecular diagnostics. The company recently developed the CRISPR-Cas12-based HOLMES platform, and is now promoting its application in areas such as POCT, food safety and home use testing. For more information visit www.tolobio.com.

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sherlockbio@consortpartners.com

Sherlock Biosciences licenses Wyss Institute’s ambient nucleic acid amplification technology from Harvard to develop highly accurate, low-cost diagnostics for point-of-need

The method, integrated with highly specific CRISPR-based nucleic acid detection technology, could enable simple-to-use, portable and ultra-sensitive diagnostics for infectious disease detection in low-resource settings

Watertown, Mass. – October 17, 2022 — Today, the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University and Sherlock Biosciences Inc., announced that Sherlock has secured an exclusive world-wide license from Harvard University’s Office of Technology Development (OTD) that enables the amplification of nucleic acid molecules at ambient temperatures. The company will integrate the method, which was developed at the Wyss Institute by Founding Core Faculty member and Sherlock Biosciences co-founder James Collins, Ph.D. and his team, with its CRISPR-based SHERLOCK™ platform to advance instrument-free diagnostic assays that can detect pathogen or disease-related nucleic acids at the point-of-need.

“Many of the diagnostic detection assays that we create in the lab for use in low-resource settings break new ground because they embody first-of-its-kind methodology that is rooted in synthetic biology,” said Collins, who co-founded Sherlock and is a member of the company’s board of directors. “While these assays are well-capable of detecting limiting amounts of target nucleic acids, their results also need to be made visible to the naked eye to be useful at the point-of-need. Our newly engineered amplification method allows one to amplify pathogen or disease-reporting nucleic acid molecules at ambient temperatures, which is an important step in this direction.”

Collins, with his group at the Wyss Institute and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), has pioneered diagnostic approaches that apply synthetic gene networks in wearable and paper-based diagnostics like, for example, a COVID-19-detecting face mask, and easily deployable and simple-to-use Ebola and Zika-detecting paper-based diagnostic tests, is also the Termeer Professor of Medical Engineering & Science at MIT.

Most nucleic acid-detecting diagnostic assays, including currently available SARS-CoV-2 PCR tests, are performed on qPCR instruments that cycle between defined temperatures. To eliminate the necessity for precise temperature cycling, biomedical researchers have developed so-called “isothermal amplification methods” that require heat to activate the amplifying enzymes, but then amplify nucleic acid sequences at a single tightly controlled temperature. The Wyss Institute’s ambient amplification method now could introduce an unprecedented robustness into molecular detection assays because it enables maximum amplification without heat-activation and in a range of temperatures, opening up various opportunities for point-of-need testing in different temperature and geographical settings.

“The highly stable enzyme-based, multi-component nucleic acid amplification method coming out of Collins’ Wyss lab will be a pivotal piece of our technology platform,” said Bryan Dechairo, Ph.D., President and CEO of Sherlock Biosciences. “CRISPR-based SHERLOCKTM technology can already be used as a diagnostic tool in virtually any setting to detect target RNA or DNA molecules with high sensitivity and specificity without strict temperature requirements. By integrating it with this next-generation amplification technology, we will be able to perform the entire detection-amplification-visualization process at ambient temperatures and, importantly, instrument-free. This unlocks vast potential for diagnostics to treat infectious disease in low resource settings, where access to diagnostics has traditionally been limited.”

Sherlock was launched in 2019 with the vision of harnessing the emerging power of CRISPR and other technologies to build low-cost, portable diagnostic tests addressing critical unmet diagnostic needs for patients at-home and in low-resource settings that lack immediate access to critical clinical infrastructure who need fast answers to control their health decisions. The SHERLOCKTM technology was licensed to Sherlock by the Broad Institute and is co-owned by Harvard University. In 2020 the company broke ground with the first FDA-authorization for CRISPR technology for its CRISPR SARS-CoV-2 rapid diagnostic kit for the detection of the virus that causes COVID-19.

“The ambient nucleic acid amplification technology developed at the Wyss has the potential to bring CRISPR-based diagnostics into patient’s homes and low-resource settings,” said Wyss Founding Director Donald Ingber, M.D., Ph.D. “It is an excellent example of how Wyss researchers keep pushing the needle by devising disruptive technologies through their creativity, drive, and persistence.” Ingber is also the Judah Folkman Professor of Vascular Biology at Harvard Medical School and Boston Children’s Hospital, and the Hansjörg Wyss Professor of Bioinspired Engineering at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.

The Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University (www.wyss.harvard.edu) is a research and development engine for disruptive innovation powered by biologically-inspired engineering with visionary people at its heart. Our mission is to transform healthcare and the environment by developing ground-breaking technologies that emulate the way Nature builds and accelerate their translation into commercial products through formation of startups and corporate partnerships to bring about positive near-term impact in the world. We accomplish this by breaking down the traditional silos of academia and barriers with industry, enabling our world-leading faculty to collaborate creatively across our focus areas of diagnostics, therapeutics, medtech, and sustainability. Our consortium partners encompass the leading academic institutions and hospitals in the Boston area and throughout the world, including Harvard’s Schools of Medicine, Engineering, Arts & Sciences and Design, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston Children’s Hospital, Dana–Farber Cancer Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston University, Tufts University, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, University of Zürich, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

About Harvard University’s Office of Technology Development

Harvard’s Office of Technology Development (OTD) promotes the public good by fostering innovation and translating new inventions made at Harvard University into useful products that are available and beneficial to society. Our integrated approach to technology development comprises sponsored research and corporate alliances, intellectual property management, and technology commercialization through venture creation and licensing. To further bridge the academic-industry development gap, Harvard OTD manages the Blavatnik Biomedical Accelerator and the Physical Sciences & Engineering Accelerator. For more information, please visit https://otd.harvard.edu.

About Sherlock Biosciences

Sherlock Biosciences is developing products that will empower people to access answers and have more control over their health decisions. Through our engineering biology tools, CRISPR-based SHERLOCK™ and synthetic biology-based INSPECTR™, we are bringing together the accuracy of PCR with the convenience and simplicity of antigen tests for molecular diagnostics at the point-of-need. SHERLOCK and INSPECTR can be used in virtually any setting without complex instrumentation, making it well suited for use in the home and in low resource settings, opening up a wide range of potential applications in areas including infectious disease, early detection of cancer, treatment monitoring, and precision medicine. In 2020 the company made history with the first FDA-authorized use of CRISPR technology. For more information, please visit www.sherlock.bio.

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sherlockbio@consortpartners.com

Sherlock Biosciences Named PM360 Trailblazer 2022 Company of the Year for Medical Device/Diagnostics

Watertown, Mass., September 26, 2022 – PM360, a leading trade magazine for marketing decision makers in the pharmaceutical, biotech, medical device, and diagnostics industries, has named Sherlock Biosciences as the Medical Device/Diagnostics Company of the Year.

Sherlock is dedicated to breaking down diagnostic barriers and bringing health information to people around the world. Powered by CRISPR and synthetic biology, Sherlock’s proprietary engineering biology tools form the foundation of its decentralized diagnostic platform for DNA and RNA detection. The company is developing products that can operate at ambient temperature without complex instrumentation, opening up a wide range of applications in low resource settings including the home.

“We are honored that Sherlock has been recognized by PM360 as the Medical Device/Diagnostics Company of the Year,” said Bryan Dechairo, President and CEO of Sherlock Biosciences. “This recognition is not only a testament to our incredible team, but also to the innovations we are driving in the field and the impact they will have in democratizing and decentralizing the at-home testing market.”

Since 2009, the PM360 Trailblazer Awards have recognized outstanding achievement and innovation in healthcare marketing. Each year, nominations are judged by the PM360 Editorial Advisory Board, a distinguished cross-section of industry experts. One winner was selected in each of the five Company of the Year categories: Pharma/Biotech Company, Medical Device/Diagnostics Company, Specialty Pharma/Biotech Company, Advertising Agency, and Supplier/Vendor. Winning companies are selected based on their ability to excel in three main aspects: innovation, talent development, and social responsibility.

“The innovation displayed by each of this year’s winning companies stood out for its impact on the industry and patient care, including the advancements made by Amgen in inflammation, oncology, general medicine, and biosimilars; Sherlock Biosciences’ first-ever FDA authorized CRISPR-based diagnostic device; Travere’s pipeline of potential first-in-class medicines targeting rare diseases; EVERSANA INTOUCH’s newly formed combined next-generation agency; and GoodRx’s cost-saving tools for prescriptions,” says Anna Stashower, CEO and Publisher of PM360. “But what truly makes these companies special is the work they are doing outside of the industry to better their communities and the environment, while also going above and beyond internally to provide employees with offerings that can help them grow and thrive.”

In total, 72 winners were named across eight overall categories: Companies of the Year, CEOs of the Year, Products of the Year, Marketer of the Year, Marketing Team of the Year, Lifetime Achievement, Brand Champions, and Initiatives. The winners were honored during a gala on September 22, 2022 held at Gotham Hall in New York City. The winners will be featured in the October issue of PM360 and on www.pm360online.com.

About PM360

PM360 is the premier, must-read magazine for marketing decision makers in the pharmaceutical, biotech, diagnostics, and medical device industries. Published monthly, PM360 is the only journal that focuses on delivering the full spectrum of practical information necessary for product managers and pharmaceutical marketing professionals to succeed in the complex and highly regulated healthcare environment.

The journal’s targeted and insightful editorial focuses on issues that directly impact critical decision making, including: Planning and implementation of cutting-edge strategies, trends, the latest technological advances, branding/marketing, advertising/promotion, patient/professional education, sales, market research, PR, and leadership. Additionally, the “360” in the title signifies the span of this critical, how-to info with personal and career insights for an enjoyable and thought-provoking read.

By providing the full circle of enriching content, PM360 is truly an indispensable tool for busy and productive marketing professionals to stay at the top of their game.

About Sherlock Biosciences

Sherlock Biosciences is developing products that will empower people to access answers and have more control over their health decisions. Through our engineering biology tools, CRISPR-based SHERLOCK™ and synthetic biology-based INSPECTR™, we are bringing together the accuracy of PCR with the convenience and simplicity of antigen tests for molecular diagnostics at the point-of-need. SHERLOCK and INSPECTR can be used in virtually any setting without complex instrumentation, making it well suited for use in the home and in low resource settings, opening up a wide range of potential applications in areas including infectious disease, early detection of cancer, treatment monitoring, and precision medicine. In 2020 the company made history with the first FDA-authorized use of CRISPR technology. For more information, please visit www.sherlock.bio.

Infectious Disease Expert Pardis Sabeti, M.D., Ph.D. Joins Board of The 221b Foundation

Watertown, Mass., September 15, 2022 – The 221b Foundation, a non-profit founded by Sherlock Biosciences to bring novel CRISPR-based diagnostics to underserved populations around the world, today announced that Dr. Pardis Sabeti has joined its Board of Directors.

A pioneer in evolutionary biology and founder of Sherlock Biosciences, Dr. Sabeti brings vast experience in the detection, containment and treatment of deadly infectious diseases, including Lassa Fever, Ebola and Zika. Her career has focused on the advancement of scientific innovation in the service of public health, and she has seen first hand the critical role surveillance, diagnosis and rapid response play in combating the devastating effects of disease in low and middle-income countries. She will leverage her vast expertise and experience utilizing the SHERLOCK method across her work in Western Africa to support The 221b Foundation’s mission to extend the reach of novel CRISPR-based diagnostics globally.

“CRISPR is uniquely suited to meet the global need for accurate, rapid and affordable diagnostic testing,” said Bryan DeChairo, board member of The 221b Foundation and president and CEO of Sherlock Biosciences. “By providing global health partners with access to Sherlock’s products and intellectual property (IP) through distribution and licensing, we can extend and accelerate access to those who need it most. Pardis has been a fierce global health advocate for her entire career, and will provide invaluable counsel as we deliver on our mission.”

The 221b Foundation was founded by Sherlock Biosciences as an extension of the company’s commitment to developing decentralized diagnostics that can reach low-access areas around the world, a mission supported by grants issued to Sherlock Biosciences from global health organizations including Open Philanthropy. Amongst the programs supported by The 221b Foundation was a broad initiative with the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) in Nepal to help control the spread of SARS-CoV-2 throughout the country. Through donations of equipment and resources, The 221b Foundation provided much needed support to help Nepal stem the spread of COVID-19 and bolster the countries testing strategy.

Dr. Sabeti is a professor at the Center for Systems Biology and Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University and the Department of Immunology and Infectious Disease at the Harvard School of Public Health, an Institute Member of the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator.

About The 221b Foundation

The 221b Foundation was founded with the mission to bring novel CRISPR-based diagnostics to underserved populations around the world to maximize patient impact and improve global public health. The Foundation provides global health partners with access to Sherlock Biosciences’ products and IP through distribution and licensing. For more information, please visit here.

About Sherlock Biosciences

Sherlock Biosciences is developing products that will empower people to access answers and have more control over their health decisions. Through our engineering biology tools, CRISPR-based SHERLOCK™ and synthetic biology-based INSPECTR™, we are bringing together the accuracy of PCR with the convenience and simplicity of antigen tests for molecular diagnostics at the point-of-need. SHERLOCK and INSPECTR can be used in virtually any setting without complex instrumentation, making it well suited for use in the home and in low resource settings, opening up a wide range of potential applications in areas including infectious disease, early detection of cancer, treatment monitoring, and precision medicine. In 2020 the company made history with the first FDA-authorized use of CRISPR technology. For more information, please visit www.sherlock.bio.

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Dean Mastrojohn, Goodfuse Communications
dean.mastrojohn@goodfuse.com

Sherlock Biosciences Appoints Julie Garlikov as Chief Commercial Officer

Company Continues to Grow Leadership Team to Advance the Future of Molecular Diagnostics

Watertown, Mass. – July 14, 2022 Sherlock Biosciences, a company engineering biology to bring next-generation diagnostics to the point-of-need, today announced that global marketing expert Julie Garlikov has been appointed to its executive team as the company’s first Chief Commercial Officer. In her new role, Garlikov will serve as a member of the company’s executive leadership team and will be responsible for driving commercial strategy for the company’s decentralized diagnostics platform. Julie will report directly to Bryan Dechairo, President and CEO of Sherlock Biosciences.

“Following our incredibly successful Series B funding round, we continue to advance the development of our novel diagnostic products and are committed to commercializing our proprietary platform to ignite a convenience revolution in healthcare,” said Dechairo. “Julie brings tremendous experience in consumer product commercialization, successfully launching a myriad of products and accelerating growth for digital consumer health and wellness brands. As a critical voice on our executive leadership team, Julie will play a vital role in scaling Sherlock on our aggressive path to commercialization.”

Julie joins Sherlock with more than 20 years of sales and marketing experience, honed at organizations including Grail, Rodan + Fields, PepsiCo, Johnson & Johnson, and Procter & Gamble. While at Grail, Julie served as Vice President of Marketing, where she helped define the market for the first multi-cancer early detection blood screening test and transformed the digital product experience for employer and patient-initiated telemedicine channels. She played an integral role in positioning the company for its next stage of growth from an R&D organization into a commercial competitor in the digital health space. Throughout her career, Julie has excelled at scaling brands through a disciplined approach to marketing, sales, product development and commercialization to drive long-term growth.

“Sherlock has a tremendous opportunity to truly transform the way in which the healthcare industry operates, and I am excited to help lead the charge in making it a commercial diagnostic leader,” said Garlikov. “Through Sherlock’s decentralized diagnostic platform, we can provide testing that can be used in virtually any setting without complex instrumentation, making it well suited for use both in the home and low-resource settings. By providing people access to answers to their health wherever and whenever it is needed, Sherlock is giving consumers control so they can have an easier path to treatment. I look forward to partnering with the exceptional team at Sherlock to bring our platform to the market and making this vision a reality for people around the world.”

About Sherlock Biosciences

Sherlock Biosciences is developing products that will empower people to access answers and have more control over their health decisions. Through our engineering biology tools, CRISPR-based SHERLOCK™ and synthetic biology-based INSPECTR™, we are bringing together the accuracy of PCR with the convenience and simplicity of antigen tests for molecular diagnostics at the point-of-need. SHERLOCK and INSPECTR can be used in virtually any setting without complex instrumentation, making it well suited for use in the home and in low resource settings, opening up a wide range of potential applications in areas including infectious disease, early detection of cancer, treatment monitoring, and precision medicine. In 2020 the company made history with the first FDA-authorized use of CRISPR technology. For more information, please visit www.sherlock.bio.

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Dean Mastrojohn, Goodfuse Communications
dean.mastrojohn@goodfuse.com

Sherlock Biosciences Appoints Karen Davies as Chief Development Officer

Company Expands Leadership Team on Heels of Recent $80 Million Series B Financing

Boston, Mass. – April 7, 2022 Sherlock Biosciences, a company engineering biology to bring next-generation diagnostics to the point-of-need, today announced that industry veteran Karen Davies has been appointed to its executive team as Chief Development Officer. In her new role at Sherlock Biosciences, Davies will serve as a member of the company’s executive leadership team and will lead product development, reporting to Bryan Dechairo, President and CEO of Sherlock Biosciences.

“Karen joins Sherlock at an exciting time as we leverage our recent $80 Million in Series B Financing to drive development of products, enabled by our decentralized diagnostic platform, that will break down barriers and bring diagnostics to the point-of-need,” said Bryan Dechairo, CEO and President, Sherlock Biosciences. “She is a medical diagnostics and device development veteran, with a strong and proven track record of driving innovation across a broad spectrum of diagnostic platforms. I have no doubt she will be instrumental in advancing our strategy and bringing these products to the world.”

Karen joins Sherlock with more than 30 years of medical diagnostics and device development experience, honed at organizations including Gen-Probe, Abbott, Dura Pharmaceuticals and Quidel. While at Quidel, Karen served as Vice President of instrument systems, where she was responsible for product architecture and development, as well as Vice President of business transformation, where she was responsible for internal process improvement and global commercial communications associated with M&A transactions. Over her career, Karen has held key leadership roles as part of launch teams for multiple diagnostic platforms, from the central lab to point-of-care and over the counter to consumers.

“I joined Sherlock because I not only saw a unique opportunity to advance truly novel technology and bring it to market, but because I believe in the Sherlock team’s ability to deliver results to the point-of-need,” said Davies. “The Sherlock team understands that while our products have broad application potential to democratize diagnostics, we need to be highly focused on defining what will drive consumer adoption of the products that will ultimately bend the curve on population health.”

Ms. Davies holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University.

About Sherlock Biosciences
Sherlock Biosciences is developing products that will empower people to access answers and have more control over their health decisions. Through our engineering biology tools, CRISPR-based SHERLOCK™ and synthetic biology-based INSPECTR™, we are bringing together the accuracy of PCR with the convenience and simplicity of antigen tests for molecular diagnostics at the point-of-need. SHERLOCK and INSPECTR can be used in virtually any setting without complex instrumentation, making it well suited for use in the home and in low resource settings, opening up a wide range of potential applications in areas including infectious disease, early detection of cancer, treatment monitoring, and precision medicine. In 2020 the company made history with the first FDA-authorized use of CRISPR technology. For more information, please visit www.sherlock.bio.

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Dean Mastrojohn, Goodfuse Communications
dean.mastrojohn@goodfuse.com

Sherlock Biosciences Raises $80 Million in Series B Financing to Democratize At-Home Diagnostic Testing

Funding led by Novalis LifeSciences to develop novel diagnostic products, powered by Sherlock’s proprietary platform leveraging CRISPR and synthetic biology

BOSTON – MARCH 8, 2022 Sherlock Biosciences, a company engineering biology to bring next-generation diagnostics to the point-of-need, today announced it has raised $80 million in a Series B financing. The round was led by Novalis LifeSciences and included new investors Illumina Ventures, Albany Capital and Catalio Capital Management, among others. They joined Northpond Ventures, Good Ventures, and other existing investors, bringing $111 million in total funding raised to date.

“Sherlock is dedicated to breaking down diagnostic barriers and bringing health information to people around the world,” said Bryan Dechairo, President and CEO of Sherlock Biosciences. “Our novel chemistries combine the accuracy of PCR with the simplicity and convenience of antigen tests, powering a decentralized diagnostic platform for DNA and RNA detection. We are grateful to our funding partners for supporting our mission to ignite a convenience revolution in healthcare and further global public health.”

Powered by CRISPR and synthetic biology, Sherlock’s proprietary engineering biology tools form the foundation of its decentralized diagnostic platform for DNA and RNA detection. This new funding will drive development of products and partnerships, enabled by this platform, that can operate at ambient temperature without complex instrumentation, opening up a wide range of applications in low resource settings including the home.

“The pandemic undoubtedly shone a light on long-existing challenges in our healthcare system, from inaccessibility to inconvenience and concerns around privacy,” said Paul Meister, Partner at Novalis LifeSciences, who will be joining the Sherlock Biosciences Board of Directors. “Diagnostic testing is ripe for disruption and we believe Sherlock is uniquely suited to shift the testing paradigm across a range of applications with unmatched accuracy and speed. Sherlock’s dominant IP position, innovative science and visionary leadership team makes it well positioned to decentralize and democratize the at-home diagnostics market.”

About Sherlock Biosciences
Sherlock Biosciences is developing products that will empower people to access answers and have more control over their health decisions. Through our engineering biology tools, CRISPR-based SHERLOCK™ and synthetic biology-based INSPECTR™, we are bringing together the accuracy of PCR with the convenience and simplicity of antigen tests for molecular diagnostics at the point-of-need. SHERLOCK and INSPECTR can be used in virtually any setting without complex instrumentation, making it well suited for use in the home and in low resource settings, opening up a wide range of potential applications in areas including infectious disease, early detection of cancer, treatment monitoring, and precision medicine. In 2020 the company made history with the first FDA-authorized use of CRISPR technology. For more information please visit www.sherlock.bio.

About Novalis LifeSciences
Novalis LifeSciences is a boutique investment and advisory firm for the Life Science industry that was founded in 2017 by Marijn E. Dekkers. With a team of experienced operating executives from the Life Science industry, Novalis funds and advises visionary Life Science entrepreneurs. In addition to making financial investments, Novalis provides strategic and operational advice to portfolio companies that are at a critical growth stage in their development. For more information, visit novalislifesciences.com.

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Dean Mastrojohn, Goodfuse Communications
dean.mastrojohn@goodfuse.com

 

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