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Best Oncology Companies in Boston, United States

The 84 best Oncology companies in Boston, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Fog Pharmaceuticals.

84companies tracked
$4.1Bdisclosed funding
0unicorns
60have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · ONCOLOGY × BOSTON

Our analysis of 50 Oncology companies

$16.3b in tracked funding; 86% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.

50companies analysed
86%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
2unicorns
2016median founding year
146kcombined LinkedIn audience
30%of audience held by top 3
2companies hiring publicly (12 mo)

Ranked: Best Oncology companies in Boston

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundEmployeesFoundedStageFounderPatents & IP focusRecent signals
1Fog Pharmaceuticals
Developer of cell-penetrating mini-proteins to target intracellular disease drivers
$531M27 mo ago97
97 → 197 (+103%) · sector median +43%
2015Series E——1 partnership
2Scorpion
Developer of drugs for the treatment of cancer
$420M13 mo ago622020Series C———
3Aktis Oncology
Developer of radiopharmaceuticals for solid tumor cancers
$336M21 mo ago152021Public—26 patents
Targeted cancer therapeutics using engineered miniprotein ligands and conjugates
—
4Alpha-9 Oncology
Developer of radiopharmaceuticals for the treatment of cancer
$261M19 mo ago—2018Series CDavid Hirsch
CEO
——
5CervoMed
Developer of therapeutics for neurodegenerative diseases
$209M15 mo ago13
13 → 20 (+54%) · sector median +43%
2001PublicJohn Alam
Co-Founder & CEO
——
6Pyxis Oncology
Developer of antibody therapeutics for treating cancer
$194M27 mo ago50
50 → 68 (+36%) · sector median +43%
2019PublicThomas Gajewski
Co-Founder
10 patents
Targeted antibody‑drug conjugates against KLRC1, GPNMB, and fibronectin‑EDB cancer biomarkers.
—
7TScan Therapeutics
Developer of T cell therapies to harness the immune system against cancer
$180M64 mo ago154
154 → 151 (-2%) · sector median +43%
1995Public—162 patents
Targeted binding protein therapeutics for cancer immunotherapy and hematologic malignancies
1 launch · 1 partnership
8SQZBiotech
Developer of cell therapies to treat multiple diseases
$168M51 mo ago1172013Acquired———
9Ikena Oncology
Developer of biomarker-based therapies for treating cancer
$168M34 mo ago802016PublicGeorge Georgiou
Co-Founder & Director
201 patents
Small-molecule cancer drugs targeting AHR modulation and MEK inhibition
—
10Third Arc Bio
Developer of therapetics for cancer and immunological diseases
37Funding top 20%Talent top 38%Moat bottom 48%Tech bottom 47%
All 7 signals ▾
Fundingtop 20%
Talenttop 38%
Moatbottom 48%
Techbottom 47%
Globalbottom 36%
Marketbottom 32%
Newsbottom 18%
Funding: Raised $165M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 2 yrs (1.0/yr)
Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 37/100
$165M4 mo ago—2022Series ASanjaya Singh
Founder & Chief Scientific Officer
——
11Acetylon
Global biopharmaceutical company discovering, developing, and delivering innovative medicines
$138M154 mo ago372008Acqui-HiredMarc Cohen
Co-Founder
——
12Exosome Diagnostics
Developer of blood-based cancer molecular diagnostics for patient stratification and disease monitoring
$119M107 mo ago512008Acquired—230 patents
Exosome-based biomarker detection for cancer, autoimmune diseases, and liquid biopsy diagnostics
—
13Aprea
Developer of small molecule therapeutics targeting tumor suppressor proteins
40Funding top 18%Growth top 30%News top 38%Moat top 48%
All 7 signals ▾
Fundingtop 18%
Growthtop 30%
Newstop 38%
Moattop 48%
Globalbottom 42%
Techbottom 35%
Marketbottom 25%
Funding: Raised $113M across 5 rounds · 5 rounds over 10 yrs (0.5/yr)
Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 40/100
$113M6 mo ago132003Public———
14Tokai Pharmaceuticals
Specialty company developing therapies for patients with prostate cancer and hormonally-driven diseases
$100M157 mo ago172004Acquired———
15RatioTX
Developer of targeted radiotherapeutics for the treatment of cancers
$90M30 mo ago312021Series BJohn Babich
Co-Founder
—3 partnerships
16Regor
Provider of therapeutics related to oncology, autoimmune and metabolic disease
$90M64 mo ago362018Acquired———
17Orionis Biosciences
Developer of precision medicines to treat cancer and other diseases
$79M44 mo ago47
47 → 62 (+32%) · sector median +43%
2015Series CNikolai Kley
CEO & President
209 patents
Engineered protein biologics for targeted immunotherapy and fibroblast modulation
1 partnership
18ENSEM
Developer of transformative therapies for the treatment of cancer
$67M50 mo ago342021Series A———
19Normunity
Developer of immunotherapies for the treatment of cancer
$65M17 mo ago192020Series BLieping Chen
Co-Founder
4 patents
Therapeutic antibodies targeting KLK6, LY6K, and PLA2G10 for disease treatment
—
20Incendia Therapeutics
Developer of immunotherapy for cancer treatment
$65M55 mo ago212019Series AGuy Clifton
Co-Founder
——
21Precede
Developer of liquid biopsy platform providing disease-defining biology from blood tests
$57M32 mo ago—2021Series CRehan Verjee
Co-Founder & CEO
—1 award
22Maverick Therapeutics
Developer of T-cell-based antibody therapies for the treatment of cancer
$56M113 mo ago322014Acquired———
23Kelonia
Developer of medicines to treat autoimmune and inflammatory conditions
$50M49 mo ago452021Acquired———
24Ankyra
Developer of immunotherapies for the treatment of cancer
$45M55 mo ago102019Series BDarrell Irvine
Co-Founder
——
25Abpro
Developer of antibody therapies for cancer and infectious diseases
$42M50 mo ago24
24 → 36 (+50%) · sector median +43%
2007PublicIan Chan
Co-Founder & CEO
28 patents
Multispecific therapeutic antibodies for cancer and eye disease targeting VEGF, ANG2, HER2, CD3, claudin‑18.2
—
26Solu Therapeutics
Developer of therapeutics for oncology and immunology diseases
$31M14 mo ago92022Series AJohn Pribis
Co-founder
——
27AOA
Provider of an AI-enabled early detection platform focused on womens health
45Funding top 24%Patents top 27%Talent top 28%Innovation top 33%
All 8 signals ▾
Fundingtop 24%
Patentstop 27%
Talenttop 28%
Innovationtop 33%
Moattop 47%
Globalbottom 44%
Marketbottom 21%
Newsbottom 18%
Funding: Raised $30.7M across 7 rounds · 7 rounds over 5 yrs (1.4/yr)
Patents: 22 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 21 filings since 2022 vs 1 in 2017-21
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 45/100
$31M8 mo ago32019Series AAlex Fisher
Co-Founder & COO
22 patents
Cancer diagnostic biomarkers and mass‑spectrometry methods for tumor detection
1 award
28hC Bioscience
Developer of RNA-based therapeutics to treat cancer and rare diseases
$24M54 mo ago312021Series BLeslie Williams
Co-Founder & CEO
102 patents
Patents concentrated in health & consumer products
—
29Alloplex Biotherapeutics
Developer of anti-tumor vaccine
$22M40 mo ago62016Series AFrank Borriello
Founder & CEO
33 patents
Allogeneic tumor cell vaccines and T‑cell expansion for cancer immunotherapy
—
30Monopteros Therapeutics
Developer of immunotherapies for cancer treatment
$20M62 mo ago—2019DeadpooledPeter Keller
CEO
——
314D Path
Developer of precision medicines for the treatment of cancer
35Talent top 28%Patents top 31%Funding top 37%Moat top 38%
All 8 signals ▾
Talenttop 28%
Patentstop 31%
Fundingtop 37%
Moattop 38%
Innovationtop 41%
Techbottom 38%
Globalbottom 37%
Marketbottom 23%
Talent: 4 named leaders on record · 4 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Patents: 46 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 15 filings since 2022 vs 13 in 2017-21
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 35/100
$17M1 mo ago102016Series BRodrigo Navarro
Co-Founder & CEO & President
45 patents
Nanostructured drug delivery systems and malaria transmission-blocking vaccine technologies.
—
32Aphios
Developer of therapeutic products and enabling technology platforms for healthcare
$17M20 mo ago121993Funding Raised—81 patents
Pathogen inactivation in blood products and nanotech drug delivery for cannabinoids
—
33JURA Bio
Developer of cell therapies for immunological disorders
$16M33 mo ago72017Series BGeorge Church
Co-Founder
——
34Transcode Therapeutics
Developer of mRNA therapeutics to treat cancer
$13M18 mo ago19
19 → 16 (-16%) · sector median +43%
2015Public———
35CoStim Pharmaceuticals
Urban regeneration development company creating sustainable value through innovative real estate projects
$10M158 mo ago902012Acquired———
36Boston Immune Technologies & Therapeutics
Developer of immune-based therapies for treating cancer and infectious diseases
$10M16 mo ago62011Series A———
37Window Therapeutics
Developer of therapeutics for cancer treatment
$8M32 mo ago62021Series A———
38CureLab
Developer of immunostimulants and vaccines against cancer
$7M220 mo ago102002Funding Raised—8 patents
Designing engineered nucleic acid sequences for vaccine and therapeutic applications
—
39Xios Therapeutics
Immune-targeted small molecule therapies for cancer
$7M95 mo ago12015DeadpooledDiala Ezzeddine
President & CEO
——
40Inform Genomics
Provider of pharmacogenomics tools for cancer
$6M125 mo ago12010Seed———
41Predicta Biosciences
Provider of diagnostic and therapeutic products for oncology
$5M8 mo ago—2023Series AGad Getz
Co-Founder
—1 partnership · 1 award
42Genospace
Bridging clinical research and care with data-driven precision medicine
$5M140 mo ago22
22 → 42 (+91%) · sector median +43%
2011Acquired———
43Adecto Pharmaceuticals
Developing targeted cancer therapies and companion diagnostics for ADAM8-positive tumors
$4M45 mo ago32014Funding RaisedGail Sonenshein
Founder & President
——
44Oncovision
Provider of diagnostic imaging devices for oncology
$4M33 mo ago262003AcquiredNoriel Pavon
Founder
——
45LAPIX
Developer of immunotherapies for immunological diseases
$3M11 mo ago92019Series AAnas Fathallah
Co-Founder & CEO
——
46InnoTech Precision Medicine
Developer of multimodal molecular diagnostic platform for early disease detection
$3M10 mo ago52021Funding RaisedReza Mollaaghababa
Co-Founder
—1 internship · 1 launch
47Advanced Proteome Therapeutics
Technology platform to develop targeted treatment of cancers
$3M72 mo ago52005PublicAllen Krantz
President/CEO
——
48Boston Biomedical
Develops novel therapeutics for treatment of cancer
$2M192 mo ago302006Acquired—373 patents
Small-molecule cancer therapeutics targeting stem cells and epigenetic pathways
—
49SIWA Therapeutics
Developing a monoclonal antibody that targets and destroys senescent cells.
$2M109 mo ago92016SeedMisty Gruber
Co-Founder & President
——
50VaxSyna
Developer of vaccine and antibody therapeutics
$437K50 mo ago42020Funding RaisedJoseph Hunter
Co-Chief Executive Officer
——

Top 12 Oncology companies in Boston

#1
Series A · Boston, Massachusetts · founded 2022
$165Mraised
▾

Developer of therapetics for cancer and immunological diseases. It offers multifunctional antibodies that generate immune synapses that precisely activate or inhibit T cells. It has technology platform a solid tumor synergy platform and an I&I platform fornimmune regulation at a tissue-specific level.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 37how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 20%
Talent
top 38%
Moat
bottom 48%
Tech
bottom 47%
Global
bottom 36%
Market
bottom 32%
Funding: Raised $165M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 2 yrs (1.0/yr) · Last round Series A (Feb 2026)
Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 1/10 · Soonicorn · 10 curated direct competitors tracked
Audience (LinkedIn): 4k LinkedIn followers — 2.5% of this cohort's audience
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 partnerships · 1 awards (incl. Adagene) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Feb 2026Series A$52M
  • Jul 2024Series A$165M
Founders & team
Sanjaya SinghFounder & Chief Scientific OfficerPeter LebowitzCEO
Investors
Vida Ventures, Cormorant Asset Management, Hillhouse, Goldman Sachs Asset Management, BVF Partners, Janus Henderson Investors
Tech stack
AosCookieyesCore-JsDocusignGatsbyGodaddy
#2
Public · Boston, Massachusetts · founded 2003 · 13 employees
$113.2Mraised
▾

Developer of small molecule therapeutics targeting tumor suppressor proteins. The company focuses on p53, a tumor suppressor protein that induces cell cycle arrest or cell death. The company's lead candidate is APR-246, that acts by reactivating mutant and defective native p53, leading to tumor cell death. The company is also developing APR-017, which induces p53-mediated apoptosis by restoring p53 activity in cancer cell lines with mutant p53.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 40how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 18%
Growth
top 30%
News
top 38%
Moat
top 48%
Global
bottom 42%
Tech
bottom 35%
Funding: Raised $113M across 5 rounds · 5 rounds over 10 yrs (0.5/yr) · Last round Post IPO (Dec 2025)
Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo
News: 4 BI events in 12 mo (of 31 tracked, 5 types) · +33% YoY · Top themes: Earnings, Announcements, Funding
Funding rounds
  • Dec 2025Post IPO$3.1M
  • Mar 2024Post IPO—
  • Feb 2023Grant (prize money)$2M
  • Feb 2019Series C$5.7M
Investors
Nantahala Capital Management, DAFNA Capital Management, Exome Asset Management, Sphera Fund, Stonepine, Janus Henderson Investors
#3
Series B · Boston, Massachusetts · founded 2016 · 10 employees
$17.1Mraised
▾

4D Path is a developer of precision medicines for the treatment of cancer. It has developed medicines for cancer diagnosis and it provides therapeutic molecular overexpression profiles. It has developed precision diagnostics solutions that help in identify cancer types, subtypes, variants & mimics, surgical margin, and others.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 35how this company ranks against its industry peers
Talent
top 28%
Patents
top 31%
Funding
top 37%
Moat
top 38%
Innovation
top 41%
Tech
bottom 38%
Talent: 4 named leaders on record · 4 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Patents: 46 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 15 filings since 2022 vs 13 in 2017-21 · Latest publication 2025
Funding: Raised $17.1M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 6 yrs (0.3/yr) · Last round Series B (May 2026)
Audience (LinkedIn): 1k LinkedIn followers
Activity (LinkedIn): 2 partnerships (incl. VCTS) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • May 2026Series B—
  • May 2023Series B$13M
  • Jul 2020Series A$4.1M
Founders & team
Rodrigo NavarroCo-Founder & CEO & PresidentSupratim RayCo-Founder & CIOTathagata DasguptaFounder
Tech stack
AosAzureBootstrapCdnjsCloudflareCookieyes
#4
Series C · Boston, Massachusetts · founded 2020 · 62 employees
$420Mraised
▾

Developer of drugs for the treatment of cancer. The company aims to develop next-generation targeted therapy for untreatable/ treatment-resistant cancer.

Funding rounds
  • May 2025Series C$30M
  • Jul 2024Series C$150M
  • Jan 2021Series B$162M
  • Oct 2020Series A$108M
Investors
Boxer Capital, EcoR1, Vida Ventures, Omega Funds, Invus, Citadel
#5
Public · Boston, Massachusetts · founded 2001 · 13 employees
$208.9Mraised
▾

Developer of therapeutics for neurodegenerative diseases. It offers a lead product neflamapimod an oral, selective small molecule inhibitor of the protein kinase p38 alpha for treating dementia with Lewy bodies and Alzheimer’s disease.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 3k LinkedIn followers — 2.0% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Mar 2025Grant (prize money)$21.1M
  • Mar 2025Grant (prize money)$21.1M
  • Mar 2024Post IPO$149.4M
  • Feb 2023Grant (prize money)$15M
Founders & team
John AlamCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
HHS, RA Capital Management, Armistice Capital, Soleus Capital, Special Situations Funds
Tech stack
Acquia Cloud PlatformAcquia Cloud Site FactoryAdobe AnalyticsAdobe Experience Platform Identity ServiceAdobe Experience Platform LaunchAkamai
#6
Series A · Boston, Massachusetts · founded 2019 · 3 employees
$30.7Mraised
▾

Provider of an AI-enabled early detection platform focused on womens health. It offers a proprietary multi-omics platform called GlycoLocate to diagnose early-stage cancers by using a non-invasive blood test. and AKRIVIS GD is a liquid biopsy test that uses a multi-omics to analyze tumor-associated lipids and proteins for the diagnosis of ovarian cancer.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 45how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 24%
Patents
top 27%
Talent
top 28%
Innovation
top 33%
Moat
top 47%
Global
bottom 44%
Funding: Raised $30.7M across 7 rounds · 7 rounds over 5 yrs (1.4/yr) · Last round Series A (Oct 2025)
Patents: 22 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 21 filings since 2022 vs 1 in 2017-21 · Latest publication 2026
Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Audience (LinkedIn): 12k LinkedIn followers — 8.0% of this cohort's audience
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Oct 2025Series A$8.1M
  • Dec 2024Seed$1.8M
  • Jul 2023Seed$23.6M
  • Sep 2022Seed$4.5M
Founders & team
Alex FisherCo-Founder & COOAnna JeterCo-FounderOriana ZoghbiCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Massachusetts Life Sciences Center, Joyance Partners, Avestria Ventures, AlleyCorp, Launchpad Venture Group, TBD Angels
#7
Public · Boston, Massachusetts · founded 2021 · 15 employees
$336Mraised
▾

Developer of radiopharmaceuticals for solid tumor cancers. The company had developed platforms to generate tumor-targeting agents for radiotherapy that are designed for high tumor penetration and long residence time. The therapeutic radioisotope molecules developed eliminates tumors from the body and minimize the side effects.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 13k LinkedIn followers — 9.0% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Sep 2024Series B$175M
  • Aug 2022Series A$84M
  • Mar 2021Series A$72M
Investors
EcoR1, Vida Ventures, Novartis, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Octagon Capital Advisors, Cowen
Tech stack
Contact Form 7Core-JsGenesis ThemeGodaddyGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Tag Manager
#8
Series C · Boston, Massachusetts · founded 2018
$261Mraised
▾

Developer of radiopharmaceuticals for the treatment of cancer. The company applies radiotherapeutic design by a toolbox of technologies for peptide-based radiopharmaceuticals to deliver radiation to cancer cells for the treatment of people living with cancer.

Funding rounds
  • Oct 2024Series C$175M
  • Dec 2022Series B$75M
  • Apr 2021Series A$11M
Founders & team
David HirschCEO
Investors
Nextech Invest, Frazier Life Sciences, Samsara BioCapital, Quark Venture, Longitude Capital, BVF Partners
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsDocusignFont Awesome
#9
Series B · Boston, Massachusetts · founded 2020 · 19 employees
$65Mraised
▾

Developer of immunotherapies for the treatment of cancer. It is developing a pipeline of immune normalizers to restore the immune system’s intrinsic activity to identify and eliminate cancer cells. The lead program is a monoclonal antibody targeting a secreted enzyme that is highly upregulated in multiple human cancers and drives the exclusion of T-cell infiltration in immuno-sensitive tumors.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 3k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Jan 2025Series B$75M
  • Oct 2022Series A$65M
Founders & team
Lieping ChenCo-FounderRachel HumphreyPresident and Founding CEO
Investors
Canaan, Taiho Ventures, Osage University Partners, Sanofi Ventures, Samsara BioCapital, Enavate Sciences
#10
Series A · Boston, Massachusetts · founded 2022 · 9 employees
$31Mraised
▾

Developer of therapeutics for oncology and immunology diseases. It offers a cytotoxicity-targeting chimera platform that provides cancer therapeutics and eliminates cells that drive inflammatory and autoimmune diseases.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 5k LinkedIn followers — 3.2% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Apr 2025Series A$41M
  • Aug 2023Seed$31M
Founders & team
John PribisCo-founderDavid DonabedianCo-founder
Investors
Longwood Fund, Sante, DCVC, Astellas Venture Management, Alexandria, Lilly
Tech stack
CloudflareCookiebotGoogle AnalyticsHotjarHstsHttp/3
#11
Series E · Boston, Massachusetts · founded 2015 · 97 employees
$530.9Mraised
▾

Fog Pharmaceuticals is developing cell-penetrating mini-proteins, molecules that combine the ability of proteins to target large flat surfaces, with the ability of small molecules to penetrate cells.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 19k LinkedIn followers — 13.1% of this cohort's audience · 241 engagements/post (1.9× cohort median)
Hiring: 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Senior Director, Clinical Pharmacology & Pharmacometrics (CPP)
Activity: 1 partnerships (incl. Regeneron Pharmaceuticals) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Mar 2024Series E$145M
  • Nov 2022Series D$178M
  • Mar 2021Series C$107M
  • Jan 2021Series B$23.3M
Investors
6 Dimensions Capital, Google Ventures, Blue Pool Capital, Horizons Ventures, SVB Securities, Deerfield
#12
Series A · Boston, Massachusetts · founded 2023
$5.2Mraised
▾

Provider of diagnostic and therapeutic products for oncology. It offers a non-invasive diagnostics focus on multiple myeloma and evaluate patients’ immune system cells to determine the patient responding to immunotherapies.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 3k LinkedIn followers
Activity: 2 partnerships · 1 awards (incl. Tempus AI) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Oct 2025Series A$23.4M
  • Jul 2024Seed$5.2M
Founders & team
Gad GetzCo-FounderIrene GhobrialCo-FounderKen AndersonCo-Founder
Investors
Engine Ventures, Illumina Ventures, Time Partners, American Cancer Society - North Carolina, Lightchain Capital, Mass General Brigham

Funding & investor landscape

$4.1Btotal disclosed funding
59companies funded
191disclosed rounds
1rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
HHS15 rounds
Janus Henderson Investors6 rounds
RA Capital Management6 rounds
MassChallenge5 rounds
BVF Partners4 rounds
Bristol-Myers Squibb4 rounds
Cormorant Asset Management4 rounds
Fidelity Investments4 rounds
Google Ventures4 rounds
Invus4 rounds

Notable founders

Sanjaya Singh
Founder & Chief Scientific Officer · Third Arc Bio
Peter Lebowitz
CEO · Third Arc Bio
Rodrigo Navarro
Co-Founder & CEO & President · 4D Path
Supratim Ray
Co-Founder & CIO · 4D Path
John Alam
Co-Founder & CEO · CervoMed
Alex Fisher
Co-Founder & COO · AOA
Anna Jeter
Co-Founder · AOA
David Hirsch
CEO · Alpha-9 Oncology
Lieping Chen
Co-Founder · Normunity
Rachel Humphrey
President and Founding CEO · Normunity
John Pribis
Co-founder · Solu Therapeutics
David Donabedian
Co-founder · Solu Therapeutics
Prism market signals · United States · country-scoped Prism corpus, 1,572,524 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Oncology coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time falling

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

RESEARCH IN BOSTON · Health & Bio

How research on Oncology in Boston is moving

A read on the academic research around Oncology in Boston — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 198 papers.

198 papers · stance +0.57 · 40% breakthrough · 9% concern
breakthrough · advancement · concern
top institutions
  • Boston Children\'s Hospital76
  • Boston University68
  • Boston Medical Center22
  • Dana-Farber/Boston Children\'s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center17
  • Boston Engineering14
leading researchers
Andrew Chen · King, Jennifer M. · Lina Kroehling · Meric-Bernstam, Funda · Msaouel, Pavlos · Tannir, Nizar M.
prism intelligence · tone & topics
96% positive · 1% critical tone
PharmaceuticalsBiotechnologyClinical TrialsMedical ResearchHealthHealthcare
▲ Breakthroughs72 · 36%
▲ 36%→37% share
▲1.0× share momentum1 median citations89% since 2021mostly empirical
Breakthroughs are rising (36%→37% of field), led by Tumor microenvironment.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Tumor microenvironment3→28
  • Cancer research5→26
  • Immune system2→18
  • Immunotherapy1→12
  • Cancer1→7
Newly emergingMetastasis 0→7 · Stromal cell 0→6 · Organoid 0→5
Landmark PD-L1 on tumor cells is sufficient for immune evasion in immunogenic tumors and inhibits CD8 T cell cytotoxicity · 865 cites
◆ Advancements91 · 46%
▲ 45%→47% share
▲1.0× share momentum1 median citations91% since 2021mostly empirical
Advancements are rising (45%→47% of field), led by Tumor microenvironment.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Tumor microenvironment3→40
  • Immune system3→27
  • Immunotherapy2→21
  • Cancer research2→20
  • Cytotoxic T cell1→6
Newly emergingTranscriptome 0→11 · Renal cell carcinoma 0→9 · Cancer 0→9
Landmark Tumor microenvironment complexity and therapeutic implications at a glance · 1,729 cites
▼ Concerns17 · 9%
▼ 18%→7% share
▼0.4× share momentum10 median citations82% since 2021mostly reviews
Concerns are cooling (18%→7% of field), led by Tumor microenvironment.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Tumor microenvironment1→5
  • Cancer research1→3
Newly emergingImmunotherapy 0→7 · Immune system 0→6 · Immunology 0→3
Landmark CAR race to cancer immunotherapy: from CAR T, CAR NK to CAR macrophage therapy · 603 cites

Common questions

How many Oncology companies are there in Boston, United States?
Radar tracks 84 indexable Oncology companies headquartered in Boston, United States that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Oncology companies in Boston, United States?
The Oncology companies in Boston, United States on this list have raised a combined $4.1B in disclosed equity funding across 59 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Oncology company in Boston, United States?
Fog Pharmaceuticals is the highest-funded Oncology company in Boston, United States, with $530.9M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Oncology companies in Boston, United States are funded?
59 of the 84 Oncology companies in Boston, United States on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Oncology unicorns are there in Boston, United States?
None of the Oncology companies in Boston, United States on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Boston, United States Oncology companies?
The most active investors in Boston, United States Oncology companies on this list include HHS, Janus Henderson Investors, RA Capital Management, MassChallenge, BVF Partners.
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