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Sivan Weitzman Joins RiverVest Venture Partners as CFO

RiverVest Venture Partners Closes on Oversubscribed $184.4 Million Life Science Fund

RiverVest Venture Partners’ Portfolio Company Securus Sold to Boston Scientific Represents 9th Exit from RiverVest Venture Fund II

RiverVest Venture Partners Expands Scientific Advisory Board

St. Louis Venture Fund Makes $15 Million Bet on its Hometown

RiverVest Venture Partners Closes on $15 Million Biopharma Pre-Seed Fund

Reneo Pharmaceuticals Receives Fast Track Designation from the FDA for Mavodelpar (REN001) in a Genotype of Long-Chain Fatty Acid Oxidation Disorder (LC-FAOD) – 1/31/2023
Alleviant Medical Closes $75M in Financing; Receives FDA IDE Approval for Pivotal Clinical Trial – 1/26/2023
Glycomine Announces First Patient Dosed in Phase 2 Clinical Study of GLM101, a Potential Treatment for PMM2-CDG – 1/9/2023
Spruce Biosciences and Kaken Pharmaceutical Announce Strategic Partnership and Exclusive Licensing Agreement to Develop and Commercialize Tildacerfont For CAH in Japan – 1/5/2023
Mirum Pharmaceuticals‘ LIV MARLI (maralixibat) Approved by the European Commission for the Treatment of Cholestatic Pruritus in Patients with Alagille Syndrome Two Months and Older – 12/13/2022
Bluejay Therapeutics Received Regulatory Clearance to Initiate Clinical Studies of BJT-778 for Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis B and Chronic Hepatitis D – 12/1/2022
SeQure Dx emerges from stealth mode to fulfill the promise of on-target gene editing therapies for biopharma partners, physicians, and patients – 11/16/2022
Bonum Therapeutics Announces a $93M Series A Financing to Advance a Novel and Validated Class of Conditionally Active Therapies – 11/15/2022
Positive Topline Data Announced from Mirum’s LIVMARLI Phase 3 MARCH Study in Progressive Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis (PFIC) – 10/24/2022
Avalyn Pharma Appoints Lyn Baranowski Chief Executive Officer – 10/17/2022
Mirum Pharmaceuticals Announces Positive CHMP Opinion for LIVMARLI (maralixibat) Oral Solution for Cholestatic Pruritus in Patients with Alagille Syndrome Two Months of Age and Older – 10/14/2022
Teleflex Completes Acquisition of Standard Bariatrics – 9/28/2022
Good Therapeutics Announces Acquisition of Conditionally Active PD-1-regulated IL-2 Program by Roche – 9/7/2022
Teleflex to Expand It’s Surgical Portfolio with Differentiated Stapling Technology for Bariatric Surgery – Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Standard Bariatrics – 8/22/2022
Bluejay Therapeutics raises $41 million in Series B round to drive clinical trials in chronic hepatitis. – 8/16/2022
Mirum Pharmaceuticals Reports Second Quarter 2022 Financial Results and Provides Business Update – 8/4/2022
Allakos Provides Business Update and Reports Second Quarter 2022 Financial Results – 8/4/2022
Reneo Pharmaceuticals Reports Positive Results from REN001 Long-Chain Fatty Acid Oxidation Disorders (LC-FAOD) Study and Provides Additional Development Updates – 7/27/2022
Wugen Receives U.S. FDA Fast Track and Rare Pediatric Disease Designations for WU-CART-007 for the Treatment of R/RT-ALL/LBL 7/19/2022
Allakos, Inc. Provides Business Update and Reports First Quarter 2022 Financial Results – 5/6/2022
Reneo Pharmaceuticals Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2021 Financial Results and Provides Business Update – 3/23/2022
Wugen Announces First Patient Dosed in Phase 1/2 Trial of WU-CART-007 for the Treatment of Patients with R/RT-ALL/LBL, 3/15/2022
Spruce Biosciences Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2021 Financial Results and Provides Corporate Updates – 3/14/2022
Mirum Pharmaceuticals Reports Fourth Quarter and Year-End 2021 Financial Results and Provides Business Update – 3/9/2022
Xilio Therapeutics Reports Pipeline and Business Progress and Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2021 Financial Results – 3/1/2022
Standard Bariatrics Achieves Final Series B Funding Early, 2/28/2022
Oxford Finance Announces the Closing of a $50 Million Credit Facility With OncoResponse – 2/15/2022
Arch Oncology Receives U.S. FDA Orphan Drug Designation for AO-176, a Next-Generation Anti-CD47 IgG2 Antibody, for the Treatment of Multiple Myeloma – 1/21/2022
Xilio Therapeutics Announces Initiation of Patient Dosing in Phase 1/2 Clinical Trial of XTX202 for the Treatment of Patients with Solid Tumors – 1/20/2021
Titan SGS from Standard Bariatrics, Inc. Passes 1,000 Clinical Case Uses – 1/19/2022
Glycomine Announces First Dosing in Phase 1 Clinical Study of GLM101 – 12/17/2021
InterVene’s BlueLeaf Endovenous Valve Formation (EVF) System Granted Breakthrough Device Designation by the FDA – 12/13/2021
Standard Bariatrics, Inc. Reaches Sales Milestone With Titan SGS™ – 12/13/2021
Allakos Announces Expansion of Lirentelimab Development into Atopic Dermatitis, Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria and Asthma – 11/30/2021
Lonza and BlueJay Therapeutics Announce Manufacturing Agreement for its Antibody BJT-778 Targeting Chronic HBV Infection – 11/17/2021
Cardialen Receives FDA Approval to Conduct Clinical Trial of Low-Energy Atrial Fibrillation Treatment – 11/17/2021
Six-Year Natural History Comparison with Mirum’s LIVMARLI (maralixibat) Demonstrates Event-Free Survival and Transplant-Free Survival in Patients with Alagille Syndrome – 11/15/2021
Wugen Presents New Preclinical Data from Novel Memory Natural Killer (NK) Platform at The Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer’s (SITC) 36th Annual Meeting – 11/12/2021
Scout Bio Named Best New Start-Up for 2021 – 11/08/2021
Biolinq raises $100 million for needle-free biosensors for diabetes monitoring – 11/2/2021
Xilio Therapeutics Announces Closing of Initial Public Offering – 10/26/2021
U.S. FDA Approves LIVMARLI (Maralixibat) as the First and Only Approved Medication for the Treatment of Cholestatic Pruritus in Patients with Alagille Syndrome One Year of Age and Older – 9/29/2021
Xilio Therapeutics Announces Initiation of Patient Dosing in Phase 1/2 Clinical Trial of XTX101 for the Treatment of Patients with Solid Tumors – 9/16/2021
Scout Bio Successfully Completes Pilot Clinical Study of SB-001, A Single-Injection AAV Gene Therapy for the Treatment of Feline CKD-Associated Anemia – 9/9/2021
Sparrow Pharmaceuticals Expands Executive Leadership With Appointment of Frank Czerwiec, MD as Chief Medical Officer and Jamie MacPherson, PharmD as Vice President of Regulatory Affairs and Quality – 8/17/2021
Spruce Biosciences Reports Second Quarter 2021 Financial Results and Provides Corporate Updates – 8/10/2021
Allakos Provides Business Update and Reports Second Quarter 2021 Financial Results – 8/9/2021
Mirum Pharmaceuticals Reports Second Quarter 2021 Financial Results and Provides Business Update – 8/5/2021
SeQure Dx Announces $17.5M Series A Funding – 8/3/2021
Mirum Pharmaceuticals And GC Pharma Enter Into Exclusive Licensing Agreement To Develop And Commercialize Maralixibat For Rare Liver Diseases In South Korea – 7/26/2021
Wugen Raises $172 Million to Advance Clinical State Memory NK Cell Platform, Progress Best-In-Class AML Program, and Initiate Multiple Solid Tumor Trials – 7/15/2021
Neuros Medical Receives FDA Breakthrough Device Designation for its Novel Altius® High Frequency Nerve Block System – 06/29/2021
Glycomine’s Natural History Study Informs Potentially Lifesaving Update to Standard of Care for PMM2-CDG Patients – 6/29/2021
Mirum Pharmaceuticals Presents Analyses From Its Rare Disease Programs at the EASL International Liver Congress 2021 – 6/23/2021
Spruce Biosciences Announces Publication Of Phase 2 Results For Tildacerfont In Journal Of Clinical Endocrinology And Metabolism – 6/21/2021
Xilio Therapeutics Announces FDA Acceptance of IND Application for XTX101 for the Treatment of Solid Tumors – 6/17/2021
Standard Bariatrics Secures $35M in Series B Funding to Accelerate Development and Commercialization of Their First Bariatric Surgical Platform for Sleeve Gastrectomy – 6/1/2021
Spruce Biosciences Presents Phase 2 Data for Tildacerfont in Adults with Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia at 23rd European Congress of Endocrinology – 5/24/2021
New Allakos Data Presented at DDW 2021 Suggest that Eosinophilic Gastritis and/or Eosinophilic Duodenitis (EG/EoD) is Highly Underdiagnosed and may be a Common Cause of Moderate-to-Severe Gastrointestinal Symptoms – 5/24/2021
Sparrow Pharmaceuticals Presents Data on SPI-62 at the European Congress of Endocrinology – 5/22/2021
Reneo Pharmaceuticals Reports First Quarter 2021 Financial Results – 5/20/2021
Sparrow Pharmaceuticals Secures $50 Million Series A Financing – 5/18/2021
Spruce Biosciences Reports First Quarter 2021 Financial Results and Provides Corporate Updates – 5/12/2021

RiverVest News and Views

Sivan Weitzman Joins RiverVest Venture Partners as CFO

RiverVest Venture Partners Closes on Oversubscribed $184.4 Million Life Science Fund

RiverVest Venture Partners’ Portfolio Company Securus Sold to Boston Scientific Represents 9th Exit from RiverVest Venture Fund II

RiverVest Venture Partners Expands Scientific Advisory Board

St. Louis Venture Fund Makes $15 Million Bet on its Hometown

RiverVest Venture Partners Closes on $15 Million Biopharma Pre-Seed Fund

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