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Algeta ASA

Cancer drug developer raises EUR 23 million in series A round

Published in Lab Business Week, October 9th, 2005

Algeta ASA announced the closing of a Series A round of financing totaling NOK 185 million (EUR 23 million/U.S.$29 million).

The funds raised will support the continued development of the company's lead product candidate, Alpharadin, through its ongoing phase II clinical trials and into pivotal phase III trials as a potential new treatment for bone metastases arising from primary prostate cancer.

Alpharadin, is a bone-seeking experimental radiopharmaceutical based on the alpha particle emitter radium-223.

The syndicate of international investors included new investors HealthCap, Advent Venture Partners and SR One. Existing...

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