Companies have tried for decades to deliver protein-based drugs orally. Can Mir Imran and his company’s robotic pill succeed where so many have failed? Mir Imran has been building medical device companies for 40 years. Perhaps known best for his work on the first FDA-approved implantable cardioverter defibrillator, Imran’s model is to identify big, unsolved […]
Rani Therapeutics nabs $53m for robotic pill injection tech
Rani Therapeutics has raised $53 million to support manufacturing as it gears up for clinical trials of its robotic pill technology. New investors like GeneScience Pharmaceuticals and Shire (NSDQ:SHPG) joined existing investors like Alphabet’s GV, Novartis (NYSE:NVS) and AstraZeneca (NYSE:AZN). Rani Therapeutics, an InCube Lab spin-out started in 2012, has developed a capsule that delivers an intestinal injection […]
Shire taps Rani Therapeutics’ oral delivery tech for hemophilia therapy
Shire (NSDQ:SHPG) said this week that it is collaborating with Rani Therapeutics to combine the company’s Rani Pill technology for the delivery of factor VIII therapy in patients with hemophilia A. According to the terms of the deal, Shire has the exclusive option to negotiate a license to develop and commercialize the technology as a delivery […]
Oral drug delivery startup raises $39m for robotic pill
San Jose, Calif.-based Rani Therapeutics has some seriously big-name backers: Alphabet (NSDQ:GOOGL), Novartis (NYSE:NVS) and AstraZeneca (NYSE:AZN) have all invested in the startup. This month, the company raised $38.7 million as part of a $126.5 million offering of equity and options or warrants, according to an SEC filing. So far, 12 investors have contributed to the offering. Rani […]
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