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Selva Therapeutics Announces $3 Million Series A Financing to Advance a Novel Broad Spectrum Antiviral for Infectious Diseases, Including COVID-19

Jul 21, 2020almost 5 years ago

Amount Raised

$3 Million

Round Type

series a

San Diego

Description

Selva Therapeutics, Inc. announced today that the company has raised $3 million in a Series A financing round from private investors. The proceeds of the financing will be used to rapidly advance SLV213 into clinical trials as a leading oral drug candidate for the treatment of COVID-19, the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 infection. In addition to COVID-19, SLV213 has the potential to be a treatment for multiple infectious diseases caused by other coronaviruses such as SARS, but also Ebola viruses and Nipah virus, as well as Chagas disease, a parasitic disease endemic to South and Central America and spreading into the southern United States.

Company Information

Company

Selva Therapeutics

Location

San Diego, California, United States

About

Selva Therapeutics is a privately held biotechnology company dedicated to the development of therapeutics for infectious diseases. The company’s lead drug candidate, SLV213, is an orally available small molecule novel antiviral therapy with activity against a broad range of viruses that threaten global health, including SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing COVID-19. In addition, SLV213 has activity against Ebola and Nipah viruses and has completed preclinical development as a potential therapy against Chagas disease. Selva is headquartered in San Diego. For more information, visit www.selvarx.com.