Lilly Asia Ventures was among the investors in a series B round for the renal disease treatment developer, which it incubated in 2018.

China-based renal disease therapy developer Alebund Pharmaceuticals has received $60m in a series B round that included Lilly Asia Ventures, a corporate venturing vehicle for pharmaceutical firm Eli Lilly.

Life sciences venture capital firm Quan Capital led the round, which also featured healthcare-focused fund 3E Bioventures Capital, private equity firm Sherpa Healthcare Partners, VC firm Med-Fine Capital and an unnamed sovereign wealth fund.

Alebund is working on small molecule and biologics drugs to treat renal conditions including complications related to…

Robert Lavine

Robert Lavine is special features editor for Global Venturing.