NEW YORK, Oct. 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Elysium Health, Inc.™, a leading life sciences company developing clinically validated health products based on advancements in aging research, today announced the launch of FORMAT™, the first and only immune product to uniquely pair a daily immunomodulatory supplement with an intermittent senolytic complex to combat the effects of immune aging and provide complete immune support. Format's daily immunomodulatory supplement combines micronutrients, which are critical at every stage of the immune response, with a Free Radical Protection Complex containing antioxidants including sulforaphane and elderberry and an Autophagy Activation Complex that includes bioavailable green tea phytosomes and chalcone flavonoids. The formulation of Format's Senolytic Complex is based on research conducted at Mayo Clinic by James Kirkland, M.D., Ph.D., Elysium Scientific Advisory Board member and director of the Robert and Arlene Kogod Center on Aging at Mayo Clinic.
Elysium Health, Inc.,â„¢ a life sciences company developing clinically validated health products based on advancements in scientific research, today announced $40 million in Series C equity and debt financing led by GISEV Family Office (Giuliani SpA / Royalty Pharma / HBM Healthcare / Nogra Pharma) and joined by Mayo Clinic Ventures and leading venture lender Western Technology Investment (WTI), the first debt lenders to Stemcentrx, Health IQ, and Practice Fusion. Returning investors include General Catalyst, Morningside Ventures, and Breyer Capital.
The company is led by its chief scientist and co-founder, Leonard Guarente, who heads the anti-aging center at MIT. It’s through his research and direction that Elysium is banking on this product having a positive impact on extending the lives of people who take the supplement. The company’s lead product is called Basis, which Elysium says is used for metabolic repair and optimization. On its website, the company said science is enabling the company to focus on “the cellular level to achieve optimal health, beyond what can be accomplished with diet and exercise.” Its product Basis is designed to optimize NAD+ levels and sirtuin function in cells to support several metabolic processes, such as cellular detoxification, DNA repair and energy production.