Aptinyx Cashes In Post-Naurex Cache With $65m Series A
Executive Summary
Aptinyx Inc., a biotechnology firm developing small molecules that modulate the NMDA receptor to treat neurological disorders, closed a $65m Series A round, capitalizing on the cache that its management team gained from the sale of Naurex Inc. to Allergan PLC.
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