Intradigm closes $21.4M for cancer therapeutics

Biotech firm Intradigm has tacked an additional $2.9 million onto its second round of funding, bringing its total to $21.4 million. The new money will be used to advance its RNA interference-based line of therapeutics used to treat cancer.

The Palo Alto, Calif.-based company says it distinguishes itself from others pursuing RNA interference strategies by also offering technology to deliver treatment to very specific locations within the body.

Astellas Venture Management led this most recent tranche, which… Continue Reading

Intradigm lands $18.5M to advance oncology treatment

Intradigm, a biotech company that develops RNA interference treatments for cancer, announced today that it took $18.5 million in a second round of financing that included new investors Lilly Ventures, Roche Venture Fund, MP Healthcare Venture Management, and existing investors Alta Partners, Frazier Healthcare Ventures, MediBic Alliance Technology Fund and Novartis Venture Fund.

The Palo Alto, Calif.-based company has developed an RNA interference therapy for cancer, as well as a mode for delivering it to the… Continue Reading