Article: Sirtris Raises $37M Through Series C Fund Raising, Debt.

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As it shifts its focus from discovery and preclinical testing to early clinical development, 2-year-old Sirtris Pharmaceuticals Inc. raised $22 million in a Series C round and secured another $15 million through a debt placement.

The Cambridge, Mass.-based company, founded in spring 2004, plans to bring its lead sirtuin therapeutics into human studies with the funds.

"The use of the proceeds is to help the company move into clinical trials in one to two indications by the end of this year or early next year," said Sirtris' CEO and co-founder Christoph Westphal.

The company focuses on seven human sirtuins that could ...

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