VC: Santaris leads with a $48.3M round



Santaris leads with a $48.3M round

VENTURE CAPITAL

COMPANY

AMOUNT/ROUND

LEAD INVESTORS

DESCRIPTION

Santaris Pharma
Denmark

$48.3M
Unspecified

ABN AMRO Capital Life Sciences

Santaris has specialized in developing RNA Antagonist drugs based on Locked Nucleic Acid.

Helicos BioSciences
Cambridge, MA

$40M
Unspecified

Flagship Ventures, Atlas Ventures, Highland Capital, MPM Capital, and Versant Ventures

The money will support of the company's development of the company's "true Single Molecule Sequencing" technologies and techniques.

Egalet
Denmark

$27.6M
Unspecified

Atlas Venture and Index Ventures

Egalet is a delivery company focused on developing oral controlled-release products.

BioXell
Italy

€10.5M
Third

TVM Capital

The funds will support the company's development schedule.

APT Pharmaceuticals
Tucson, AZ

$9M
First

Charter Life Sciences and Research Corporation Technologies

The capital will be used to accelerate the company's pulmonary and nasal clinical development programs.