Cardior Counts On RNA To Tackle Cardiac Disease

Raises €64m In Series B Financing

The German firm intends to use the proceeds from an over-subscribed round to move its micro-RNA-132 inhibitor forward into trials for heart failure and advance its pipeline.

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Cardior Pharmaceuticals GmbH has closed a €64m series B financing round that will help the German biotech take its non-coding RNA candidate into mid-stage trials for heart failure.

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