Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised Inversago Pharma Inc., a clinical-stage biotech company with a unique portfolio of peripherally acting CB1 inverse agonists, on its series C funding of CAD 95 million (approximately US$70 million).
Proceeds from the financing, which was led by New Enterprise Associates, will be used to move Inversago’s lead program, INV-202, into a phase 2 clinical trial in diabetic kidney disease in Q4 2022. Additionally, the funds will accelerate Inversago’s other key programs currently in pre-clinical development, while establishing its leadership in the field of CB1 blockers.
The White & Case team was led by M&A partner James Hu (New York), M&A counsel Trevor Currie (Chicago) and M&A associate Victoria Richmond (New York), and included Capital Markets partner Era Anagnosti (Washington, DC) and Tax partner Scott Fryman (New York).
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