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Start-Up Previews (10/2011)

This Month's Profile Group: The New Ophthalmic Drug Players, features profiles of Imagen Biotech, KalVista Pharmaceuticals, ONL Therapeutics and Xcovery Vision. Plus these Start-Ups Across Health Care: Acetylon Pharmaceuticals, Aleva Neurotherapeutics, cermaVEIN and Flex Biomedical.

With time to exit an increasingly important metric for VCs, jump-starting new companies via in-licensing remains an important and oft-used strategy. Such derisking is one of the defining principles behind ophthalmology focused start-ups like Lux Biosciences, Ophthotech and PanOptica. Imagen Biotech Inc., a new ophthalmic play still operating in stealth mode, is no different. It plans to pursue new leads for sight-threatening diseases, including dry age-related macular degeneration.

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