Euthymics expands series A financing to work on 'next generation Straterra'
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
Euthymics Bioscience has added $4 million to its series A financing to fund preclinical development of its second product candidate, EB-1020, a non-stimulant for adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The product is "a different drug altogether" from Shire's non-stimulant ADHD drug Intuniv (guanfacine), Euthymic's president and CEO, Anthony McKinney, told Scrip.
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