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Thesan Pharmaceuticals offentliggør første runde af venturefinansieringen ledt af Novo Ventures og Novartis Venture Funds i fællesskab
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SAN DIEGO, 31. oct 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Thesan Pharmaceuticals offentliggjorde afslutningen på første runde af en 16 millioner dollars venturefinansiering ledt af Novo Ventures og Novartis Venture Funds i fællesskab. Virksomheden vil fokusere på udviklingen af nye tilgange til behandlingen af dermatologiske lidelser.  Den førende lægemiddelkandidat er en ny kemisk enhed til lokal påsmøring, der forventes at nå frem til klinikken i 2013.

"I mange år har lægemiddeludviklingen på det dermatologiske felt været domineret af gamle lægemidler, der blot er blevet genformuleret til mere attraktiv skum, gel eller lotion fra et kosmetisk synspunkt", udtalte Gordon Foulkes, Thesans arbejdende bestyrelsesformand og adm. direktør. "Thesans mission er at udvikle nye kemiske enheder med nye handlingsmekanismer for at forbedre behandlingsresultater for patienter med forskellige dermatologiske sygdomme betydeligt".

Virksomhedens første produkter er blevet licenseret fra University of California, Irvine (UCI). Produkterne er blevet udviklet i et laboratorium af professor Daniele Piomelli, som er Louise Turner Arnold Chair i neurovidenskaber ved UCI og direktør for lægemiddelsforskning og -udvikling ved Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), Genova, Italien.  

"Vi er meget glade for at være en del af investorsyndikatet bag Thesan", udtalte Peter Bisgaard, partner hos Novo Ventures. "Vi mener, at professor Piomellis arbejde tilbyder en unik mulighed for at udviklet en helt nyt klasse antiinflammatoriske stoffer, som hurtigt kan flyttes ind i klinisk udvikling. Desuden ser vi frem til at arbejde med professor Piomelli og Thesans ledelse om at danne fundamentet til fremtidige kandidater".

"Det er en utroligt spændende mulighed for at flytte klinikken hen mod den første teknologi, der er resultatet af det årelange internationale samarbejde mellem UCI og ITT", sagde professor Piomelli. "Vores samarbejde med at udvikle behandlingsmæssige kandidater er blevet valideret af vores evne til at tiltrække et ledelsesteam og en investorgruppe, der står så stærkt, til at kommercialisere vores laboratoriers bestræbelser yderligere".

"En ny handlingsmekanisme med dramatisk virkekraft kombineret med en så solid kemi er et fantastisk udgangspunkt til etablering af en ny virksomhed", sagde Giovanni Ferrara, venture-partner hos Novartis Venture Funds. "Kombineret med et team i verdensklasse udgjorde det en overbevisende investering".

I forbindelse med finansieringen blev Peter Bisgaard og Tiba Aynechi fra Novo samt Giovanni Ferrara og Henry Skinner fra Novartis medlem af  virksomhedens bestyrelse sammen med dr. Howard Welgus, tidligere vicepræsident for dermatologisk/inflammatorisk forskning og udvikling hos Pfizer.  

Om Thesan Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Thesan er en nyligt etableret, venturekapital-finansieret bioteknologisk virksomhed, der er fokuseret på udviklingen og kommercialiseringen af nye lægemidler til behandlingen af dermatologiske lidelser. Besøg www.ThesanPharma.com for yderligere oplysninger

Om Novo Ventures

Novo er holdingselskabet for Novo Group og er helejet af Novo Nordisk Fonden. Den blev stiftet i 1999 til at administrere fondens aktiver og til aktivt at foretage investeringer på fondens vegne. Novo Ventures fokuserer på venturekapital til biovidenskab og er aktiv i både Europa og Nordamerika. Selskabet har fire partnere i København, en i London og tre i San Francisco. Med en udefineret struktur investerer den årligt cirka 100 millioner dollars venturekapital i private biovidenskabelige virksomheder. Besøg www.novo.dk for yderligere oplysninger

Om Novartis Venture Funds

Novartis Venture Funds, stiftet i 1996, administrerer i øjeblikket mere end 800 millioner dollars i tegnet kapital. Som en økonomisk drevet investor i erhvervsmæssig biovidenskab investerer Novartis Venture Funds i de virksomheder, der har potentialet til at tackle væsentlige uopfyldte medicinske behov, der er afgørende for patientpleje. Novartis Venture Funds' team bestående af ti investeringseksperter, der befinder sig i Basel, Schweiz, og Cambridge, MA, USA, har tilsammen omfattende ekspertise inden for den bioteknologiske branche, den farmaceutiske branche og venturekapitalbranchen. Besøg www.venturefund.novartis.com for yderligere oplysninger

Om UCI

UCI, der ligger i hjertet af Orange County, er blandt University of California's hurtigst voksende campusser, er medlem af den ansete Association of American Universities (AAU) og er konsekvent blandt de bedste universiteter i USA, offentlige såvel som private.  Office of Technology Alliances ved UCI administrerer mere end 900 aktive universitetsopfindelser og har licenseret grundlæggende teknologier til mere end 50 nystartede virksomheder.

Om IIT

Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia er en privatretsfond, der blev etableret af ministeriet for uddannelse, universitet og forskning samt Ministeriet for økonomi og finans i fællesskab, med det formål at promovere fortræffelighed inden for både elementær og anvendt forskning samt at fremme udviklingen af den nationale økonomi. IIT's samlede personale består af mere end 1000 personer. I Genova omfatter de samarbejdende fakulteter Robotteknik ("Robotteknik, hjerne- og kognitive videnskaber" og "Avanceret robotteknik"), "Neurovidenskab og hjerneteknologier", "Lægemiddelsforskning og -udvikling" samt "Nanoteknologi".

Kontakt:
J. Gordon Foulkes, ph.d.
Formand og administrerende direktør
Thesan Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
[email protected]

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