Anacor takes $50M to treat fungal infections

Anacor Pharmaceuticals, a Palo Alto, Calif. firm working on topical treatments for fungal infections in nails, just got a $50 million infusion in a fifth round of funding. This is pretty good news for a company that had to withdraw its IPO filing just two weeks ago due to poor market conditions.

This brings its total capital raised to $87 million, but the recent money is a big jump from the $5 million fourth-round it raised… Continue Reading