Principia taps Series A tranche to arm warheads for covalent drug IND

Principia Biopharma will use $12.5 million from the second tranche of a tiered Series A round totaling $36.3 million to file an investigational new drug (IND) application with the US FDA in 2013 for its first covalent drug.

Principia Biopharma will use $12.5 million from the second tranche of a tiered Series A round totaling $36.3 million to file an investigational new drug (IND) application with the US FDA in 2013 for its first covalent drug.

The San Francisco-based company is developing compounds that form reversible covalent bonds with targeted molecules so that the oral drugs inhibit proteins associated with autoimmune diseases and cancer, while causing fewer off-target side

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