STAT+: Tortugas Neuroscience launches with hopes to develop drugs for brain disorders, other conditions
Summary
Tortugas Neuroscience launched Tuesday with plans to develop drugs licensed from Chinese drugmaker Jiangsu Hansoh and Japanese pharmaceutical Eisai.
A new startup has found that the Chinese biotech industry is good for more than obesity drugs and cancer therapies. The company, Tortugas Neuroscience, launched Tuesday with plans to develop two schizophrenia and tinnitus drugs licensed from Chinese drugmaker Jiangsu Hansoh Pharmaceutical Group. The startup will also test two other medicines for focal epilepsy and encephalopathies that were originally created by Japanese pharmaceutical company Eisai Co. Ltd. Tortugas has $106 million from Cure Ventures, The Column Group, and AN Ventures to begin testing the drugs in mid-stage trials in the U.S. Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…