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.
Year experience
Laboratory space
Employees
Ba/F3 cell lines
Cancer cell lines
Animal models
Screening assays
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.


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.

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.

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
Postdoc,Harvard Medical School
Director of the Institute of Health, Hefei Institute of Physical Science, CAS
Jim Li
CSO
Principle Scientist,Pfizer (Wyeth), Cambridge, MA, (2000-2010)
Senior Scientist (1994-1998)
US Army Research
QingSong Liu
Chairman
Postdoc,Harvard Medical School
Director of the Institute of Health, Hefei Institute of Physical Science, CAS
Jim Li
CSO
Principle Scientist,Pfizer (Wyeth), Cambridge, MA, (2000-2010)
Senior Scientist (1994-1998)
US Army Research
WenChao Wang
Cell Biology Scientist
Postdoc,Harvard Medical School
Researcher, Hefei Institute of Physical Science, CAS
Tao Ren
Head of the Development Committee
Postdoc,Harvard Medical School
Researcher, Hefei Institute of Physical Science, CAS
Wei Wang
CRO DGM
13+ years of research experience
Researcher, Hefei Institute of Physical Science, CAS
DongSheng Guo
Public Health DGM
Ph.D, Organizational Psychology, Neill Institute (New Iberia)
Senior Health Manager