Promethera extends series C on interest from Asian investors

Dr. John Tchelingerian, CEO of Promethera Biosciences, talks to Scrip senior writer Lucie Ellis on the sidelines of the 2016 BIO-Europe partnering meeting about the company’s liver disease pipeline and series C financing.
Promethera is a clinical stage pharmaceutical company developing innovative therapies for the treatment of liver diseases—its lead compound HepaStem is currently in Phase IIb for urea cycle disorders. The company also has a HepaStem/H2Stem preclinical program targeting fibrosis and NASH (non-alcoholic steatohepatitis).