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Protagonist Therapeutics Funding Round

Protagonist Therapeutics secured a $4 million Series B funding round on 9/19/2013. Investors included Pharmstandard.

Transaction Overview

Announced On
9/19/2013
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$4,000,000
Round
Series B
Investors
Proceeds Purpose
The new funding will support the discovery and development of Protagonist's pipeline of oral di-sulfide rich peptide (DRP) therapeutics that combine the best properties of small molecule drugs and large molecule biologics in a single chemical entity.

Company Information

Company Status
Publicly-held
Industry
Biopharmaceutical
Mailing Address
7707 Gateway Blvd. 140
Newark, CA 94560
USA
Email Address
Overview
Protagonist Therapeutics (NASDAQ: PTGX) is a biotechnology company pursuing the discovery and development of disulfide-rich peptides (DRPs) as well differentiated alternatives to biologics.
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Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Dinesh Patel
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Chief Financial Officer
Donald Kalkofen
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Chief Medical Officer
Samuel Saks
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Chief Scientific Officer
David Liu
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VP - Bus. Development
Suneel Gupta
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VP - Bus. Development
Tracy Woody
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