Spurred on by OrbiMed partner's diagnosis, Vanqua Bio takes aim at neurodegenerative disease with blue-chip backers
The FDA’s recent approval of Biogen’s Aduhelm has provided a spark plug for neuroscience research across the biopharma spectrum with investors more likely than ever to jump on board. A Chicago biotech now has its own clutch of blue-chip backers to pursue drugs across a range of indications — and it all started from a close colleague’s own diagnosis and search for a cure.
OrbiMed startup Vanqua Bio closed an $85 million Series B led by Omega Funds to put its lead candidate targeting the GCase enzyme in the clinic, first in Gaucher disease and then for a rare form of Parkinson’s, the company said Tuesday.
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