ViaCyte, Inc., a San Diego, California-based regenerative medicine company developing a stem cell-derived islet replacement therapy for the treatment of diabetes, completed a $5.4m Series C-1 financing.
A nonprofit corporation and several individuals participated in the offering.
The first closing of the round occurred in July 2013. This additional investment brings the total invested in the Series C-1 financing to $16.5m.
The company intends to use the funds to pursue clinical development of its VC-01™ product candidate. It recently announced the submission of an Investigational New Drug application and a Medical Device Master File to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration seeking permission to begin clinical evaluation of the product candidate.
ViaCyte’s VC-01 product candidate consists of pancreatic progenitor cells, called PEC-01™ cells, which are derived from a proprietary human embryonic stem cell line, encapsulated in ViaCyte’s Encaptra® device. When implanted under the skin, the PEC-01 cells are designed to mature and further differentiate into insulin-producing beta and other endocrine cells that regulate blood glucose in a manner similar or identical to the islets that normally comprise the endocrine pancreas.
The company has additional operations in Athens, Georgia.
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08/08/2014