Adrenomed Treads A New Path In Septic Shock

German firm Adrenomed has received new funding to push its innovative antibody for septic shock further into development. The company talks to Scrip about how it works, and why it won’t allow the asset to be a victim of strategic decision making.

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Adrenomed AG, a company developing drug candidates for sepsis and septic shock, has closed a €24m series D financing round to conduct proof-of-concept trials on its first-in-class drug candidate, adrecizumab.

The asset is a non-neutralizing monoclonal antibody (MAb) targeting adrenomedullin, an essential regulator of vascular integrity, for conditions associated with systemic inflammatory response (SIRS) and increased vascular leakage, congestion and...

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