Radius Health Closes $91M Round
Radius Health Inc. said Tuesday that it closed a $91 million third round of financing. The round includes $66 million in equity financing, and a commitment by GE Capital, Healthcare Financial Services and Oxford Finance for a $25 million multi-draw term loan facility. Five new investors–including BB Biotech AG, Brookside Capital, Saints Capital, Nordic Bioscience, and Ipsen Pharma SAS–joined existing investors MPM Capital, BB Biotech Ventures, MPM Bio IV NVS Strategic Fund, The Wellcome Trust, HealthCare Ventures, and Scottish Widows Investment Partnership in the equity portion of the round. Radius Health is based in Cambridge, Mass. Radius also announced that immediately following the initial closing of the financing, it merged with MPM Acquisition Corp., an unlisted public reporting shell company. The combined company will go by the name Radius Health. Radius is a developer of drug therapies for osteoporosis and women’s health.
