Our Story

Precedo Inc.

Headquartered in Hefei, Anhui, China

Precedo Inc. is a leading CRO company founded in 2015.

Backed by advanced techniques in cell-engineering, i.e. gene-specific engineered cell lines and a regenerative human primary cell bank, our team with a wide range of experience aims to support the drug discovery clients from hit screening, model optimization and mechanism clarification etc. to IND-enabling studies in the fields of oncology, inflammation/autoimmunity and metabolic disorders.

Precedo Inc.
10

Year experience

6000

Laboratory space

200 +

Employees

400 +

Ba/F3 cell lines

800 +

Cancer cell lines

500 +

Animal models

1600 +

Screening assays

2015 +

Founded in 2015

PreceDo has established three core organoid technology platforms: normal organoid-based toxicity evaluation, tumor organoid-based efficacy assessment, and organoid-immune co‑culture systems, providing clinically relevant models to support drug development, precision medicine, and translational research.

1. Organoid-Based Toxicity Evaluation

Approximately 30% of drug candidates fail during clinical trials due to toxicity not detected in preclinical studies, with hepatotoxicity and cardiotoxicity being the leading causes. Organoid technology offers a more physiologically relevant platform for toxicity evaluation, bridging the gap between traditional models and human responses.

PreceDo has developed a comprehensive library of normal tissue-derived organoids (oral mucosa, lung, skin) and iPSC-derived organoids (liver, intestine, kidney, lung, brain, cardiac) to test drug-induced toxicity in vitro, supporting early safety screening and toxicology studies.

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Key Advantages:

  • Human-Relevant Background : Derived from healthy donor tissues, providing more accurate prediction of human drug toxicity
  • Multi-Organ Coverage: Supports evaluation of hepatotoxicity, nephrotoxicity, gastrointestinal toxicity, pulmonary toxicity, and more 
  • High-Throughput Screening: Compatible with 96/384 well formats for rapid, multi‑concentration screening
  • Functional Relevance: Maintains organ-specific functions (e.g., CYP enzyme activity in liver, transporter activity in kidney)

2. Tumor Organoid-Based Efficacy Assessment

PreceDo has established a patient-derived organoid (PDO) biobank covering more than 20 cancer types, with ongoing expansion, delivering predictive data for drug development and clinical decision making.

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Key Advantages:

  • Multi-Dimensional Data: Maintains the original tumor’s mutation profile and phenotypic characteristics, integrating clinical, pathological, and drug response data
  • Clinically Relevant: Drug responses correlate closely with patient outcomes
  • Broad Cancer Coverage: Lung, colorectal, breast, gastric, pancreatic, ovarian, hematologic malignancies, and more
  • Standardized Readouts: Provides IC50, combination indices, and other pharmacodynamic parameters

3. Organoid-Immune Co-Culture Models

PreceDo has developed a tumor organoid-immune co-culture platform that reconstructs the tumor‑immune microenvironment in vitro, enabling evaluation of immunotherapies—including immune checkpoint inhibitors, bispecific antibodies, and adoptive cell therapies.

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Key Advantages:

  • Recapitulates the Tumor Microenvironment : Models tumor-immune cell interactions
  • Broad Immune Cell Compatibility: Supports PBMCs, T cells, NK cells, and CAR‑T cells
  • Multi-Parameter Readouts: Assesses tumor cell killing, immune cell activation, and cytokine secretion
  • Autologous Pairing:  Patient-matched tumor organoids and immune cells available

 

Our leadership team

QingSong Liu

Chairman


Texas A&M University, USA,PhD
Postdoc,Harvard Medical School
Director of the Institute of Health, Hefei Institute of Physical Science, CAS

Jim Li

CSO


PostDoc, University of Chicago
Principle Scientist,Pfizer (Wyeth), Cambridge, MA, (2000-2010)
Senior Scientist (1994-1998)
US Army Research

QingSong Liu

Chairman


Texas A&M University, USA,PhD
Postdoc,Harvard Medical School
Director of the Institute of Health, Hefei Institute of Physical Science, CAS

Jim Li

CSO


PostDoc, University of Chicago
Principle Scientist,Pfizer (Wyeth), Cambridge, MA, (2000-2010)
Senior Scientist (1994-1998)
US Army Research

WenChao Wang

Cell Biology Scientist


PhD,Indiana University
Postdoc,Harvard Medical School
Researcher, Hefei Institute of Physical Science, CAS

Tao Ren

Head of the Development Committee


PhD,The University of Nebraska
Postdoc,Harvard Medical School
Researcher, Hefei Institute of Physical Science, CAS

Wei Wang

CRO DGM


PhD,Tokyo Metropolitan University
13+ years of research experience
Researcher, Hefei Institute of Physical Science, CAS

DongSheng Guo

Public Health DGM


BS, University of Science and Technology of China
Ph.D, Organizational Psychology, Neill Institute (New Iberia)
Senior Health Manager