US/China-based MicuRx Gets $55m Series C Funding For MRX-I Antibiotic

Hayward, California-based antibiotics developer MicuRx Pharmaceuticals raised $55 million in a Series C venture capital round to fund further clinical trials in the US for its next-generation oral oxazolidinone MRX-I through to the drug’s first New Drug Application filing in China.

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MicuRx Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s latest financing exercise – a Series C financing - brought it $55m which the Sino-US drug developer will use to progress its lead drug candidate, MRX-I, an oral oxazolidinone antibiotic currently in Phase III China trials.

MicuRx touts MRX-I’s oral availability and safety profile as advantages over the other drugs. MRX-I is designed to treat infections...

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