Aryx Therapeutics is headed to the public market for a bucketload of cash. If all goes according to plan, it will raise $86.3 million through the sale of an undisclosed number of shares. Aryx has been developing new therapies out of established drugs, saying that it knows of a safer pathway that metabolizes drugs differently--a process expected to reduce the potential for adverse side effects. Aryx has a pact with P&G to develop cisapride for gastrointestinal disorders. That therapy just wrapped Phase II. Aryx lost $12.2 million in the six months ended June 30.Â
- check out the AP report [1] for more info
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[1] http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/08/31/ap4071911.html