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BioNotebook: Versartis VC funding, IPO filing; ANI 2013 earnings; Cardiome's ATM; Eleven's Phase III

 
• By Mandy Jackson

Growth hormone developer Versartis announced a $55m Series E venture capital funding round on the morning of 18 February then filed for an $80m initial public offering after the stock market closed.

Growth hormone developer Versartis announced a $55m Series E venture capital funding round on the morning of 18 February then filed for an $80m initial public offering after the stock market closed.

Redwood City, California-based Versartis is developing a once-monthly form of recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH) to treat growth hormone deficiency...

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