The Pierre Fabre-backed antibody therapy developer has closed a series A round featuring new and founding investors.

Pharmaceutical and cosmetics producer Pierre Fabre has acquired a stake in US-based autoimmune and inflammatory drug developer ValenzaBio in connection with a $70m series A round for the latter.

Investment and financial services group Fidelity Management & Research, Surveyor Capital, Ikarian Capital, Janus Henderson Investors and Opaleye Management supplied the series A funds while Pierre Fabre took its stake through a recent license and commercialisation deal.

ValenzaBio’s pipeline includes VB119, a monoclonal antibody being developed to treat autoantibody-mediated diseases such…

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