BioPharma Dive July 16, 2024
Jonathan Gardner

The startup will use the financing to advance a pair of cardiovascular medicines and potentially add new therapies to its portfolio.

Dive Brief:

  • Biotechnology startup Cardurion Pharmaceuticals on Tuesday raised a $260 million Series B round that will help it build its portfolio of heart disease drugs.
  • Cardurion will use the funds to advance a pair of medicines into mid- and late-stage testing, run studies in newer indications and potentially acquire other assets for cardiovascular diseases. The round comes two months after the startup detailed data from a Phase 2 trial in heart failure.
  • Ascenta Capital led the financing, which involved NEA, GV, Bain Capital Life Sciences and a handful of other investors. Bain has already invested heavily...

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