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Quark Pharma snares $27M for RNAi work

Quark Pharmaceuticals has garnered $27 million in a new round of venture financing. The RNAi developer attracted the support of SBI Asset Management and SBI Investment, subsidiaries of the prestigious SBI Holding Inc.  

"The additional funding we are announcing today will allow us to significantly expand our clinical program," says Quark CEO Daniel Zurr. "Between our licensee, Pfizer, and Quark, we anticipate having Quark drug candidates in five clinical programs by the second half of 2008."

- read the release

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