New ex­ec team, new mon­ey and a big syn­di­cate — ORIC heads to PhII

Bay Area biotech ORIC Phar­ma­ceu­ti­cals has scored a fresh $55 mil­lion raise to back its push in­to Phase II stud­ies for its glu­co­cor­ti­coid re­cep­tor an­tag­o­nist ORIC-101. The mon­ey comes just 18 months af­ter a $50 mil­lion C round.

The cash is be­ing used to field a slate of new stud­ies for sol­id tu­mors, with com­bos us­ing Abrax­ane and an an­dro­gen re­cep­tor mod­u­la­tor for prostate can­cer. And there’s an oral small mol­e­cule in­hibitor of CD73 to steer in­to Phase I as well.

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