NanoMed closes initial financing

9 July 2006

Michigan, USA-headquartered NanoMed Pharmaceuticals, a drug-delivery company developing nanoparticle-based therapeutic and diagnostic products to treat or detect disease, has closed on its first round of venture financing. The investment was led by the SWMF Life Science Venture Fund, a $50.0 million private equity fund investing exclusively in promising life science companies having a presence in the Kalamazoo Region.

NanoMed chief executive Stephen Benoit said: "we are extremely pleased to have secured the necessary funding that will enable us to continue our development of nanoparticle-based drugs that we hope will lead to improved outcomes for patients undergoing chemotherapy for AML and breast cancer."

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