Business Quarter interviews Sinclair Dunlop, Managing Partner of Epidarex Capital on venture capital, innovation, and the funding gap in Scotland. Click here for a link to the interview.
LOUISVILLE, Ky., June 23, 2016 – Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced positive results from two Phase 1 clinical trials of its complement C3 inhibitor, APL-2. The trials were randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, single and multiple ascending dose studies designed to assess the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics (PK)…
Glasgow, Scotland, UK, 20th June 2016: Mironid Ltd, a leader in cell signalling directed drug development, today announced the closing of its Series A funding round of £4.3 million ($6.2 million), which will support the Company’s internal research and preclinical development programmes, focused on degenerative…
Caldan Therapeutics, a spin-out company from the Universities of Glasgow and Southern Denmark, which specialises in developing novel therapeutics targeting free fatty acid receptors for the treatment of metabolic disease, including Type 2 Diabetes, is pleased to announce the following appointments: Dr Frank M Armstrong…
By Gareth Mackie, The Scotsman A university spin-out that specialises in potential treatments for type 2 diabetes has bolstered its boardroom in the wake of a £4.5 million cash injection. Glasgow-based Caldan Therapeutics, a spin-out from the universities of Glasgow and Southern Denmark, has appointed…
Edinburgh and Paris, April 6th, 2016 – Edinburgh Molecular Imaging Ltd (EM Imaging) and Mauna Kea Technologies (Euronext: MKEA, OTCQX: MKEAY) today announced a clinical research collaboration to study the potential of combining EM Imaging’s in vivo optical imaging agents and Mauna Kea’s confocal laser…
Hamburg, Germany, 22 March 2016 – Topas Therapeutics GmbH (“Topas”), a Hamburg/Germany based company, today announced the closing of its Series A financing round. This investment provides the company with EUR 14 million (USD 15.75 million). The round was led by Epidarex Capital and includes…
Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 9th March, 2016 – Edinburgh Molecular imaging Ltd (EM Imaging) announced today that the company has received a SBRI Stratified Medicine Connecting the UK Infrastructure Phase I grant from the UK’s innovation agency, Innovate UK. The SBRI grant aims to accelerate and increase…
Louisville, Ky., Feb. 12, 2016 – Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., today announced that it has completed a $47.1 million Series D preferred stock financing, co-led by new investors Cormorant Asset Management, Hillhouse Capital Group and venBio Global Strategic Fund, joining existing investors Morningside Venture Investments, AJU IB…
By Varun Saxena, FierceMedicalDevices December 10, 2015 – Harpoon Medical Executive Vice President Peter Boyd told FierceMedicalDevices that cardiology titan Edwards Lifesciences acquired an option to purchase the startup so that it can someday offer a solution for both functional and degenerative mitral valve disease…