‘la Caixa’, throught their venture capital arm Caixa Capital Risc, and Inveready have invested €2.7 million in AptaTargets, which will allow this biopharmaceutical company to complete the preclinical phase and move into phase I and II clinical trials on its first drug candidate (ApTOLL) to treat acute ischemic stroke. Press release

The Spanish Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology (CDTI) has granted AptaTargets with funds from the Neotec Program. AptaTargets aims to advance in the pre-clinical and clinical development of ApToll (a molecule based on aptamer technology and targeting inflammation) in acute ischemic stroke and other indications (myocardial infarction and Multiple Sclerosis).