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Malina Long 1/9/25 Malina Long 1/9/25

Unnatural Products Appoints 2 New Board of Directors

Santa Cruz based biotech company, Unnatural Products announced the appointment of Abbas Kazimi and Mert Aktar to its Board of Directors.

Malina Long 12/2/24 Malina Long 12/2/24

Unnatural Products Announces Chief Operating Officer and President of R&D

Unnatural Products, a Santa Cruz based biotech company developing orally-delivered macrocyclic peptides to address previously undruggable targets, announced the appointment of Simon Bailey, Ph.D., as Chief Operating Officer and President of R&D.

Malina Long 12/19/23 Malina Long 12/19/23

Unnatural Products, Inc. Announces $32 Million in Series A Funding

Unnatural Products, maker of an AI-enhanced platform that creates entirely new drugs by engineering synthetic molecules to mimic nature’s macrocycles, recently announced that they received $32m in Series A funding.

Malina Long 1/13/22 Malina Long 1/13/22

10 Startups to Watch in 2022

Santa Cruz is ripe with startups and “super-startups”. We list the top 10 to watch in 2022.