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Tarsa Therapeutics Funding Round

Tarsa Therapeutics closed a $28 million Series B financing round on 3/19/2012. Investors included Foresite Capital, Novo Ventures and Quaker Partners.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
3/19/2012
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$28,000,000
Round
Series B
Investors

Foresite Capital (Lead Investor) (James Tananbaum)

Novo Ventures (Martin Edwards)

Quaker Partners (Matthew Rieke)

Proceeds Purpose
Following positive Phase III results and a successful pre-NDA meeting with the FDA, Tarsa is preparing to file a New Drug Application (NDA) with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) later this year for OSTORA, its oral calcitonin tablet for the treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Biopharmaceutical
Mailing Address
8 Penn Center 1628 John F. Kennedy Blvd. 1400
Philadelphia, PA 19103
USA
Email Address
Overview
Tarsa Therapeutics is developing an oral formulation of calcitonin, a peptide hormone for the treatment of osteoporosis that slows the rate of bone destruction.
Profile
Tarsa Therapeutics LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Tarsa Therapeutics Company Twitter Account
Company News
Tarsa Therapeutics News
Facebook
Tarsa Therapeutics on Facebook
YouTube
Tarsa Therapeutics on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
David Brand
  David Brand LinkedIn Profile  David Brand Twitter Account  David Brand News  David Brand on Facebook
Chief Medical Officer
David Krause
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Chief Scientific Officer
James Gilligan
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VP - Regulatory Affairs
Nicholas LaBella
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