Just a year after raising less than $4 million in its first round, Atlanta-based Metastatix put together a $35 million B round to advance its lead program for cancer along with research into new therapies for inflammation and HIV infection. Frazier Healthcare led the round and was joined by a group of investors that included H.I.G. Ventures, The Aurora Funds, CM Capital, SR One, MedImmune Ventures, Georgia Venture Partners, Centrosome Ventures and the State of Georgia.
Metastatix has a pipeline of small molecule drugs in development. Its lead program is MSX-122, which it describes as a "potent inhibitor of the chemokine receptor CXCR4, which is activated by stromal derived factor-1 (SDF-1). The interaction between SDF-1 and CXCR4 has been shown to promote chemotaxis and angiogenesis in multiple cancer cell types."
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