MedCity News April 5, 2024
Contineum Therapeutics plans to spend most of its IPO cash on clinical testing of a lead drug candidate in development for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and multiple sclerosis. This small molecule blocks a competitive target pursued by several other companies, including Bristol Myers Squibb and AbbVie.
Contineum Therapeutics, a biotech company developing drugs for applications in neurological disorders as well as immunology and inflammation indications, has raised $110 million in IPO cash to support a pipeline that includes a lead program in early clinical development for fibrosis.
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