Sanifit Smashes Spanish Record With €72.2m Fundraiser

The Mallorca-based group has closed Spain's largest ever private biotech round to advance its calcification inhibitor into late-stage trials.

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Mallorca is home to Sanifit, which is fast becoming a leading player in Spain's biotech sector • Source: Shutterstock

Sanifit, one of the most closely watched companies in Spain's blossoming biotech sector, is taking its treatment for the deadly rare disease calciphylaxis into Phase III, boosted by a €72.2m financing.

The Mallorca-based firm, founded in 2007 as a spin-off of the University of the Balearic Islands, has completed the fundraise,...

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