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Teams will seek to develop treatment options that could benefit patients with multiple sclerosis, hemophilia and more
BUFFALO, N.Y. Two University at Buffalo drug development and discovery projects have received investments from the Empire Discovery Institute.
One project focuses on an immunotherapy platform developed by UB pharmacy researcher Sathy Balu-Iyer and his team that could benefit patients who are receiving gene therapy for a variety of diseases. The other will seek to design a therapy for multiple sclerosis (MS) that leverages a novel drug target discovered by a team led by UB medical researcher M. Laura Feltri.
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$375M: Fund for Growth-Stage Medtech, Digital Health
Endeavour Vision has closed Endeavour Medtech Growth II (EMG II) LP at USD 375 million in capital commitments. The fund will pursue the same strategy as its predecessor: to support growth-stage medtech and digital health innovations that advance the standard of care and bring efficiencies to healthcare systems. Both new and returning investors supported EMG II LP, including public pension funds, multi-manager funds, family offices, and high-net-worth individuals. EMG II LP builds on Endeavour Vision’s two decades of healthcare investing, which to date has included over USD 500 million invested in 42 companies 21 of which have exited via an acquisition or IPO. The fund has already supported seven companies with investm
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GH Research Announces Closing of $125 Million Oversubscribed Series B Financing
Co-lead investors RA Capital and RTW Investments, LP invest alongside existing investor BVF Partners and other new investors in Series B financing
Use of proceeds to support further clinical development of GH001 (5-MeO-DMT) in Treatment-Resistant Depression (TRD) and to advance GH001 into further clinical development in additional psychiatric and neurological disorders
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DUBLIN, April 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ GH Research Ireland Ltd ( GH Research , the Company or We ) today announced the closing of a $125 million Series B financing co-led by RA Capital and RTW Investments, LP, U.S.-based biopharmaceutical investment firms, alongside existing investor BVF Partners. Other new investors in the Series B round included Acuta Capital Partners, Boxer Capital, Cormorant Asset Management, Deerfield Management Company, Logos Capital, Surveyor Capital (a C