Reata Pharma draws $25M for cancer and inflammation drugs
Irving, Texas-based Reata Pharmaceuticals, a biotech working on new drugs to treat cancer and inflammation, raised $25 million in a fifth funding round. The round was led by existing investors, including CPMG and Novo A/S.
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David Hamilton has been writing for VentureBeat LifeScience since April 2007. He formerly spent 14 years as a reporter for the Wall Street Journal in its San Francisco and Tokyo bureaus. Prior to that, he spent several years as a reporter at Science Magazine and as a reporter/researcher for the New Republic, both in Washington.