Kidney disease drugmaker Goldfinch Bio shuts down
Goldfinch Bio, attempting to make treatments for kidney diseases and diabetic nephropathy, is shutting down.
President and CEO Tony Johnson confirmed to Endpoints News Friday afternoon that the biotech shut down after “fundraising challenges in the current macro-environment.” Fierce Biotech first reported the news.
Johnson, who joined in 2017 after a stint as SVP of early clinical development at AstraZeneca, said in a text that the company “entered the ABC process recently,” referring to an assignment for the benefit of the creditors, which provides a different wind-down avenue than a bankruptcy.
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