Invirsa
Company

Last deal

$7.7M

Amount

Series B

Stage

14.06.2023

Date

3

all rounds

$15.63M

Total amount

date founded

Financing round

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About Company
Invirsa develops a molecule that promotes ocular DNA repair and the innate immune response to infection and injury.

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founded date

01.01.2016

Number of employees

Company Type

For Profit

Last funding type

Series B

IPO status

Private

Description

Invirsa is a pre-clinical therapeutic platform that develops a lead compound derived from a naturally occurring small molecule, INV-102, which modulates the activity of three parallel enzyme systems critical to innate immune response. This compound has demonstrated enhanced immune response to infection, reduced inflammation, and enhanced wound healing response in animal models. Invirsa's initial commercial focus for INV-102 will be infectious keratoconjunctivitis, and the company has received a $29.6M BARDA award to support the clinical development of INV-102 for the treatment of ocular sulfur mustard gas injury and other ocular injuries associated with DNA damage.
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