Lumena Pharmaceuticals Takes $23M To Fight Rare Liver Disease
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
The San Diego start-up will use its Series A round to continue development on a pair of drugs for cholestatic liver disease. Once studied by Pfizer and Sanofi to fight high cholesterol but shelved years ago as statins proved more effective, the drugs show promise in orphan indications.
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