
Novexel gains $64.8M in second round
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VENTURE CAPITAL |
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COMPANY |
AMOUNT/ROUND |
LEAD INVESTORS |
DESCRIPTION |
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Novexel
[1]
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$64.8M
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Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partnersd |
Novexel is advancing four anti-infectives in its pipeline. |
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Movetis
[2]
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$63.5M
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Sofinnova Partners/Life Sciences Partners |
Movetis will use the funds to complete development and filing of its lead phase III compound, continue clinical development of three other products and move four additional products into pre-clinical and phase I clinical development. |
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Fluidigm
[3]
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$37M
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Wasatch Advisors |
Fluidigm will use the capital to boost sales and marketing of its BioMark system and TOPAZ system for protein crystallization and to develop new products in the pipeline. |
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Variation Biotechnologies
[4]
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$35.7M
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Clarus Ventures |
The money goes to advance the company's Variosite vaccine platform into clinical development, beginning with lead vaccine candidates for influenza. |
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Proprius Pharmaceuticals
[5]
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$11M - $17M
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Atlas Venture |
Much of that will go to develop Indaflex, a topical non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug formulation in Phase II clinical development for osteoarthritis of the knee. |
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Gentiae Clinical Research
[6]
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$16M
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Bay City Capital |
Gentiae provides comprehensive cardiac assessment services for clinical trials. |
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Juvaris BioTherapeutics
[7]
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$6M
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Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Pandemic & Biodefense Fund |
The funds will enable Juvaris to advance its lead vaccine products for influenza and pneumonia indications to clinical trials. The company will also pursue immunotherapy products for Hepatitis B and Biodefense applications. |
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F-Star
[8]
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$1.94M
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Atlas Venture |
The money goes to optimize its modular antibody technology, to advancing initiatives to partner its research and development platform, and to commencing the development of a proprietary product pipeline. |
Links:
[1] http://www.novexel.com/
[2] http://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryId=41849
[3] http://www.fluidigm.com/
[4] http://65.254.51.42/~frisko54/
[5] http://www.propriuspharma.com/
[6] http://www.gentiae.com/
[7] http://www.juvaris.com/
[8] http://www.f-star.com/