IN BRIEF: RTW Biotech's largest private investment completes financing
RTW Biotech Opportunities Ltd - Guernsey-based investor in the life sciences sector - Corxel Pharmaceuticals Ltd, RTW's largest private investment, has completed Series D-1 financing worth USD287 million. Says Corxel is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing therapies for cardiometabolic conditions, and its lead candidate, CX11, is an oral GLP-1 receptor agonist for obese and overweight patients currently in a phase 2 US trial. Expects the financing proceeds to support the advancement of this trial, as well as a planned global phase 2 trial in type 2 diabetes mellitus and initial preparations for phase 3 studies and other cardiometabolic programmes. Read More