French pharma Amolyt raises $138m Series C funding to advance its pipeline of therapeutics
Amolyt Pharma, a global company specialized in developing therapeutic peptides for rare endocrine and related diseases, announced the closing of €130 million Series C equity financing.
The financing was led by Sofinnova Partners and co-led by Intermediate Capital Group (ICG). Cédric Moreau, partner at Sofinnova Partners and Toby Sykes, managing director at ICG, will join Amolyt’s Board of Directors. In addition, new investors, funds managed by Tekla Capital Investment LLC, and CTI Life Sciences along with existing investors Andera Partners, Novo Holdings (Novo Ventures), Kurma Partners, EQT Life Sciences, Innobio 2 managed by Bpifrance Investissement, Sectoral Asset Management, Pontifax, Orbimed, Mass General Brigham Ventures, ATEM, Credit Agricole Creation and Relyens Innovation Santé/Turenne Capital, participated in the round.
Thierry Abribat, Founder, and CEO, Amolyt Pharma: “We are very pleased to complete this large Series C financing, which will enable us to build on our momentum with eneboparatide and accelerate the growth of Amolyt Pharma and its pipeline globally. We are thankful to Sofinnova Partners and ICG for co-leading this financing round, and to all our new and existing investors for their confidence in our team and for their support of our strategy to build a global and sustainable rare disease company. This investment will allow us to continue working tirelessly on bringing novel, life-changing treatments to patients with rare endocrine and related diseases.”
Amolyt plans to use the proceeds to advance its pipeline of therapeutics for rare endocrine and related disorders, including AZP-3601, now known as eneboparatide, for the treatment of hypoparathyroidism, and AZP-3813 for the treatment of acromegaly.
Cédric Moreau, Partner, Sofinnova Partners: “Amolyt is a strategic fit for our fund where we invest in companies that develop innovative medicines to address high unmet medical needs. With its unique mechanism of action, Amolyt’s lead compound eneboparatide has the potential to significantly improve the lives of patients with hypoparathyroidism. With this Series C financing, we believe that Amolyt’s seasoned and passionate management team will be well-positioned to further evaluate eneboparatide’s differentiated profile through late-stage development and continue to grow its internal pipeline. We are committed to helping Amolyt become a leader in the rare endocrine space.”
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