Article: Avidia's Third Round: $44M For Avimer-Based Pipeline.

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Preparing to enter the clinic with its first drug candidate this summer, Avidia Inc. closed its largest financing to date, raising $43.8 million in a Series C round.

The funding is expected to provide the company with financial flexibility as it moves its two lead products, both derived from its avimer drug discovery engine, through proof-of-concept development, said Peter Van Vlasselaer, CEO of the Mountain View, Calif.-based company.

Though the company originally hadn't planned to raise money until later this year - its Series B round brought in $28 million only a year ago - it couldn't resist taking advantage of investor ...

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