Category: Epidarex Portfolio News
Highly accomplished pharmaceutical executive with many years of clinical development, medical affairs, and regulatory experience at Bayer and Schering To lead Topas’ clinical development and regulatory affairs Hamburg, 26 October 2017, – Topas Therapeutics GmbH (Topas), a Hamburg, Germany-based private platform company leveraging the natural…
Novel Compound with Potential for Early Detection and to Guide Treatment of Colorectal Cancer Edinburgh, UK, September 20, 2017 – Edinburgh Molecular Imaging (EM Imaging), the clinical phase biotechnology company focused on enabling image-guided therapy, announces it has commenced a pivotal Phase IIb clinical trial…
Statistically Significant Slowing of Disease Progression Seen at 12 Months Louisville, Kentucky, August 24, 2017 – Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing a platform of novel therapeutic compounds for the treatment of autoimmune diseases, today announced that its complement C3 inhibitor, APL-2, met…
Work will utilize Topas’ novel approach for antigen-specific tolerance induction Lilly has option to in-license and further develop drug candidates produced under the collaboration Hamburg, Germany, August 22, 2017 – Topas Therapeutics GmbH (Topas), a Hamburg, Germany-based private company, today announced that it has…
Funding Will Advance Trials of APL-2 in Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria. Louisville, Kentucky, August 10, 2017 – Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing a platform of novel therapeutic compounds for the treatment of autoimmune diseases, today announced the closing of a $60 million Series E preferred…
August 10, 2017 – Epidarex Capital (“Epidarex”), an early stage life science venture capital firm, is pleased to announce the latest exit from its portfolio with the sale of Confluence Life Sciences, Inc. (“Confluence”) to Aclaris Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACRS) for a total deal value of…
Expands pipeline of medicines for the potential treatment of patients with autoimmune disorders. Malvern, PA, August 8, 2017 – Aclaris Therapeutics, Inc. (“Aclaris”) (NASDAQ: ACRS), a dermatologist-led, biopharmaceutical company focused on identifying, developing and commercializing innovative and differentiated therapies to address significant unmet needs in…
Louisville, KY, June 29, 2017 – Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today provided an update on clinical outcomes in its two ongoing Phase 1b clinical trials with APL-2, a complement C3 inhibitor, in the treatment of patients with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH). PNH is a rare, acquired,…