Gräfelfing/Munich, October 23rd, 2020 – FCF Fox Corporate Finance acts as advisor to Immunic, a biotechnology company specialized on immunology therapies, in the execution of a venture loan financing with the European Investment Bank (EIB).
A funding volume of up to EUR 24.5 million from the European Investment Bank will support Immunic’s clinical development program for its COVID-19 drug candidate IMU-838, which is currently being tested on efficacy, safety and tolerability in an ongoing Phase 2 study in patients with moderate COVID-19 symptoms. Additionally, the funds will be used to further support a phase 3 study in COVID-19 as well as the commercial production of IMU-838.
“In the public debate on COVID-19, the current focus is mainly on the development of vaccines. In this regard, therapeutics treating the viral infection and its associated health complications are of crucial importance to contain the pandemic,” explains Dr. Mathias Schott, Head of FCF Life Sciences. “Based on our long-standing relationship, we are pleased to convince the European Investment Bank of making this important investment, while at the same time successfully securing additional funding for Immunic’s ongoing clinical development program in COVID-19.”
Dr. Daniel Vitt, CEO and President of Immunic, commented: “The financing is a great success for Immunic as it provides us with additional funds for our research on the most advanced drug candidate, IMU-838, for the treatment of COVID-19. We would like to thank FCF and the team around Mathias Schott for the highly professional and committed consultancy to realize this project.”
The venture loan is financed under the “InnoFin – Infectious Diseases Finance Facility” program, set up as part of the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Program. This facility finances innovative companies developing new vaccines, drugs, medical or diagnostic equipment or build new infrastructure for research for infectious diseases applications.
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ABOUT IMMUNIC
Immunic, Inc. is a clinical-stage biotechnology company with a pipeline of selective, orally available immunology therapies for the treatment of chronic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. Immunic, Inc. is headquartered in New York. The subsidiary Immunic AG is located in Gräfelfing near Munich, where the company’s research and development activities are conducted. Further subsidiaries are located in Halle/Saale, Germany and Melbourne, Australia
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