Aptinyx Cashes In Post-Naurex Cache With $65m Series A

Aptinyx Inc., a biotechnology firm developing small molecules that modulate the NMDA receptor to treat neurological disorders, closed a $65m Series A round, capitalizing on the cache that its management team gained from the sale of Naurex Inc. to Allergan PLC.

Aptinyx Inc., a biotechnology firm developing small molecules that modulate the NMDA receptor to treat neurological disorders, closed a $65m Series A round, capitalizing on the cache that its management team gained from the sale of Naurex Inc. to Allergan PLC.

Evanston, Illinois-based Aptinyx will use its Series A cash to begin a Phase I clinical trial for its first drug...

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