Tozho
Private Company
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Overview
Tozho is a private, pre-clinical biotech firm founded in 2021, based in San Francisco, developing engineered extracellular vesicle (EV) therapies for chronic wound care. Its core technology involves engineering mesenchymal stem cell-derived EVs with CD47 for immune evasion and encapsulating therapeutic enzymes like thymidine phosphorylase to promote angiogenesis and healing. The company is in the early stages, building its platform and advancing towards therapeutic candidates, with a proprietary, scalable manufacturing process aimed at future clinical translation.
Technology Platform
Proprietary platform for engineering mesenchymal stem cell-derived extracellular vesicles (MSC-EVs). EVs are functionalized with CD47 for immune evasion and stably encapsulate therapeutic enzymes (e.g., thymidine phosphorylase). Supported by a scalable biomanufacturing process using serum-free, microalgal-enhanced culture and a chitin nanoparticle-based isolation method.
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Competitive Landscape
Tozho competes in the advanced wound care space with large medtech companies offering advanced dressings and devices, as well as biopharma firms developing growth factor and cell-based therapies. Its direct competitors are other biotechs developing EV or exosome-based regenerative therapies, though Tozho aims to differentiate through its specific CD47/thymidine phosphorylase engineering and scalable production platform.