Quark Pharma: Not quite such a chameleon, after all

Quark Pharma: Not quite such a chameleon, after all

Last June, I posted about the long and winding history of Fremont, Calif.-based Quark Pharmaceuticals, a biotech developing drugs based on a new gene-silencing technology called RNA interference, or RNAi. At the time, I labeled the company a biotech chameleon — a term I used… Continue Reading

RNA-drug developer Quark aims for $30M after failed IPO

RNA-drug developer Quark aims for $30M after failed IPO

Fremont, Calif.-based Quark Pharmaceuticals, a biotech developing drugs based on a new technology called RNA interference, hopes to raise $30 million in an eighth funding round, VentureWire reports. Last year, Quark sought $80.5 million in an ultimately abortive IPO.

Quark apparently hopes to close the round… Continue Reading