Mironid Gets Roche Backing To Tackle Hereditary Kidney Disease

These are interesting times for Mironid, a Glasgow-based biotech developing small molecule therapeutics for the treatment of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease, a life-threatening hereditary condition.

Neil Wilkie
Neil Wilkie • Source: Mironid

Scotland's Mironid is moving from discovery into drug development, armed with fresh venture capital from Roche Holding AG and a promising candidate that could shake up the autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) space.

Key Takeaways:
  • Mironid has raised £35m in total to advance its preclinical ADPKD candidate 
  • Roche Ventures has become an investor in the Scottish biotech
  • The company hopes to develop a drug that could offer

Mironid, which raised £4.3m in June 2016 in its Series A financing, has announced an extension of that round, bringing the total amount raised since inception to £35m ($43.6m)

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