Anergis Closes Series B Financing Round Totaling CHF 14.5 Million

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03.12.2014

Anergis, a company developing proprietary ultra-fast allergy vaccines, today announced the closing of a Series B financing round totaling CHF 14.5 million (€ 12.1 million, US$ 15 million). All Series A investors participated in the round together with new private European and U.S.-based investors.

The financing was jointly led by existing investors Sunstone Capital, BioMedInvest and Renaissance PME as well as new investor WJFS, Inc. Anergis has so far raised a total of CHF 44 million in private equity, which includes the latest Series B financing round.

The funds will be used to advance Anergis´ birch allergy vaccine AllerT closer to market. The company, based at Biopôle, Epalinges, is currently preparing the Phase III clinical trial program of AllerT. Anergis has already demonstrated the rapid and long-lasting clinical efficacy of AllerT in two subsequent field-based clinical Phase II trials. The funds will also be used to advance the AllerR ragweed allergy program towards clinical testing, as well as to research and discover undisclosed new Contiguous Overlapping Peptide (COP) allergy vaccines.

"Anergis is developing a strong pipeline of long-peptide immunotherapy products which will present highly significant advantages over currently marketed allergen immunotherapy," said Robert Donohue, CEO of WJFS, Inc., "and since the company´s COP platform will allow developing products for additional allergy indications, we believe that Anergis´ portfolio has great potential for establishing a new generation of allergy treatments."

"We are delighted to have attracted new U.S. and European investors, and to have the continued support of existing investors," said Vincent Charlon, CEO of Anergis. "These funds will enable us to reach key value inflection points in completing preparations for the Phase III clinical development of AllerT, and will help us to advance our next compound into the clinic.”

"Anergis has made significant progress and has demonstrated AllerT’s enduring fieldbased clinical efficacy within the past twelve months. This latest financing round is a clear validation of the company´s achievements," added Jacques-François Martin, Chairman of Anergis´ board of directors. "We now look forward to supporting Anergis in reaching its corporate goals, and in successfully conducting the Phase III program of AllerT."

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