Tech Company Financing Transactions

Zogenix Funding Round

Zogenix secured a $18 million funding round on 1/9/2008. Backers included Abingworth, Clarus and Domain Associates.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Zogenix
Announced On
1/9/2008
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$18,000,000
Round
Undisclosed
Investors

Abingworth (Lead Investor) (Ken Haas)

Clarus (Kurt Wheeler)

Domain Associates (James Blair)

Scale Venture Partners (Louis Bock)

Thomas, McNerny & Partners (Alexander Zisson)

Proceeds Purpose
Proceeds from the financing will be used to support the commercialization of sumatriptan DosePro� (previously known as Intraject®), for which the company submitted a New Drug Application (NDA) with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in December 2007. Proceeds will also be used to fund the development of the Company's late-stage, controlled release opioid product recently in-licensed from Elan.

Company Information

Company Status
Publicly-held
Industry
Biopharmaceutical
Mailing Address
5858 Horton St. 455
Emeryville, CA 94608
USA
Phone
(866) 964-3649
Website
www.zogenix.com
Email Address
[email protected]
Overview
Zogenix (NASDAQ: ZGNX) is a specialty pharmaceutical company whose goal is to uniquely enhance and differentiate medicines by incorporating innovative technologies in an effort to relieve suffering in people with CNS and pain disorders.
Profile
Zogenix LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Zogenix Company Twitter Account
Company News
Zogenix News
Facebook
Zogenix on Facebook
YouTube
Zogenix on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Stephen Farr
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Chief Financial Officer
Michael Smith
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Chief Medical Officer
Bradley Galer
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VP - Bus. Development
Gail Farfel
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VP - Bus. Development
Ashish Sagrolikar
  Ashish Sagrolikar LinkedIn Profile  Ashish Sagrolikar Twitter Account  Ashish Sagrolikar News  Ashish Sagrolikar on Facebook

 

 

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