Achievement December 6, 2022

Troutman Pepper Counsels iECURE in Series A-1 Financing

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James B. Jumper Stephen M. Fox

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Troutman Pepper represented iECURE, a gene editing company focused on the development of mutation-agnostic in vivo gene insertion, or knock-in, editing therapies for the treatment of liver disorders with significant unmet need, in the completion of a $65 million Series A-1 financing. The Series A-1 financing was co-led by Novo Holdings A/S and LYFE Capital with significant participation from existing investors Versant Ventures and OrbiMed Advisors. Read a company press release about the financing.

iECURE expects the proceeds from the Series A-1 financing to enable the advancement of the company’s lead program, GTP-506, including funding IND-enabling studies, starting clinical trials (subject to regulatory approval), and achieving early human data readouts. Additionally, the Series A-1 financing is expected to fuel progress on iECURE’s portfolio of gene editing products for the treatment of patients with rare liver diseases, including citrullinemia type 1 (CTLN1) and phenylketonuria (PKU).

The Troutman Pepper team advising iECURE in the financing included James Jumper, Stephen Fox, and Neil Doogan.