AltruBio secures $225M for an updated version of its ulcerative colitis drug

Bay Area and Taipei biotech Al­tru­Bio has raised $225 mil­lion in a Se­ries B to move for­ward its ex­per­i­men­tal drug for ul­cer­a­tive col­i­tis and oth­er chron­ic au­toim­mune con­di­tions, it said Tues­day.

The round is the lat­est in a surge of fund­ing for star­tups that seek to treat im­mune and in­flam­ma­to­ry con­di­tions, in­clud­ing $400 mil­lion for Mi­rador Ther­a­peu­tics in March and $105 mil­lion for At­tovia Ther­a­peu­tics ear­li­er this month.

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