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Agios Pharmaceuticals Inc., the first biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing novel drugs that target key metabolic pathways to fundamentally disrupt cancer cells’ ability to grow and survive, today announced that it has closed a $33 million Series A financing.  Agios Pharmaceuticals is the first biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the development of novel therapeutics in the emerging field of cancer metabolism, which represents a breakthrough understanding of how cancer cells adapt to use more nutrients than normal cells to promote their survival and growth. Agios’ primary focus is in oncology, but the company’s platform will also be applicable to other therapeutics areas including autoimmune, inflammatory and neurological diseases.