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DepYmed Secures $8.3M Financing

DepYmed, Inc., has announced a new financing led by Topspin Fund, L.P. and additional investors for a total of $8.3 million.

Led by former Center for Biotech BioEntrepreneur-in-Residence Andreas Grill, DepYmed is a pharmaceutical company focused on a novel phosphatase inhibition technology platform with potential therapeutic application across multiple different disease including Rett Syndrome, Wilson Disease and Breast Cancer.

Full details of the financing can be found within DepYmed’s news release.

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Moderated by Dr. James Hayward, President, CEO and Chairman of Applied DNA Sciences, panelists include:
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This event is free and open to Stony Brook University attendees. Space is limited and registration is required. Register here to secure your spot.

For more information visit: https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/ipp/Events/Manufacturing.php

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– Doreen Swift, Senior Director, Embedded Software Engineering, IPS
– Michael R. Bielski, President, DevTech Partners
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