Our mission:
Bring individualized treatment decisions to all patients diagnosed with skin cancer
NeraCare
develops clinically validated tests that personalize survival prediction in melanoma—delivering tumor‑specific risk information to guide adjuvant therapy decisions. Our assays have helped establish risk‑guided care as a practical, study‑ready framework for early‑stage patients in melanoma
What we build.
Our portfolio includes:
- MelaGenix® – qRT‑PCR prognostic test (8 prognostic + 3 reference genes) for stage II/III risk stratification; used prospectively in the NivoMela trial (NCT04309409))
- immunoprint® – 7‑protein IHC assay identifying high‑risk early‑stage patients in stage I/II. In 2024, we exclusively out‑licensed immunoprint to Akoya Biosciences to scale development and commercialization on Akoya’s spatial imaging ecosystem platform
Clinical leadership.
Collaborating with world‑leading investigators, we initiated and executed rigorous evidence programs — 8+ clinical studies including analytical validation, clinical validation, and the first RCT in stage IIA melanoma in history (NivoMela), encompassing >2,800 patients across cohorts.
Scale and funding.
NeraCare has raised close to $30M in venture capital investments and grants, with investors including MIG Capital, also a founding investor in BioNTech AG. At peak scale our company had a 25+ person team and operated two laboratories in Munich, Germany and in Irvine, California under CLIA certification. NeraCare also acquired Synvie GmbH in 2020.
Where we are today.
Following the Akoya transaction, NeraCare remains active as a lean, partnership‑driven company—supporting ongoing studies, technology transfer, and clinical collaborations in Europe and the U.S.
Recently in the press. Read our co‑founders Friedrich Ackermann and Daniel von Janowski in Inside Precision Medicine: “Predicting the Risk of Re lapse in Early‑Stage Melanoma.” [Read the interview].