Athyrium Capital Management

**Note: CrunchBase does not maintain a complete list of the investments made by the Athyrium funds. Please see our website at www.athyrium.com for a complete list of these investments.** Athyrium Capital Management, LP (“Athyrium”) is a specialized asset management company formed in 2008 to focus on investment opportunities in the global healthcare sector. Athyrium is a registered investment adviser under Section 203 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. The Athyrium team has substantial investment experience in the healthcare sector across a wide range of asset classes including public equity, private equity, fixed income, royalties, and other structured securities. Athyrium invests across all healthcare verticals including biopharma, medical devices and products, and healthcare services. The team partners with management teams to implement creative financing solutions to companies’ capital needs. Athyrium advises funds with over $1.7 billion of committed capital. We value our investors and are thankful for the trust they have placed in us. Our investors consist of public and corporate pension funds, charitable endowments, insurance companies, funds-of-funds, family offices, university endowments, and sovereign wealth funds.

Jeffrey A. Ferrell

Managing Partner

Christopher Hayes

Associate

Sam Helfaer

Principal

Laurent Hermouet

Partner

Michelle Fang

Principal

Miller Kampa

Senior Associate

Mark Kavulich

Partner

Satish Kumar

Associate

Michael O'Brien

Vice President

Trevor Perry

Senior Associate

April Pun

Vice President

Catherine Ruan

Associate

Hondo Sen

Partner

Paul Wakefield

CFO

39 past transactions

Basilea Pharmaceutica Ltd. is headquartered in Basel, Switzerland, and listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange (SIX: BSLN). Through the integrated research, development and commercial operations of its Swiss subsidiary Basilea Pharmaceutica International Ltd., the company focuses on providing innovative pharmaceutical products in the therapeutic areas of bacterial infections, fungal infections and oncology, targeting the medical challenge of rising resistance and nonresponse to current treatment options.

uMotif

Series B in 2022
UMotif is a scalable and engaging patient-centred data capture platform for modern research. The platform provides patient-facing technology to capture data for clinical research initiatives and also captures compliant, validated patient-generated e-consent, eCOA, ePRO, PROM, and PREM data for researchers and clinicians, allowing pharmaceutical companies to capture rich health data across a range of conditions.
Revance Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company, engages in developing and commercializing products and treatments in dermatology and aesthetic medicines. Its products include RT001, a physician-applied topical botulinum toxin type A (BoNT-A) for cosmetic, hyperhidrosis, and dermatologic indications. The company was formerly known as Essentia Biosystems.

Puma Biotechnology

Post in 2022
Puma Biotechnology, Inc., is a development stage biopharmaceutical company that acquires and develops innovative products for the treatment of various forms of cancer. The Company focuses on in-licensing drug candidates that are undergoing or have already completed initial clinical testing for the treatment of cancer and then seeks to further develop those drug candidates for commercial use. The Company is initially focused on the development of PB-272 (oral neratinib), a potent irreversible tyrosine kinase inhibitor, for the treatment of patients with HER2 positive metastatic breast cancer.
Osmotica Pharmaceutical is a global specialty pharmaceutical company with a proven history of developing commercially successful pharmaceutical products. The Company uses its proprietary osmotic technology platform and with strategic partners develops and commercializes high quality pharmaceutical products.

Puma Biotechnology

Post in 2021
Puma Biotechnology, Inc., is a development stage biopharmaceutical company that acquires and develops innovative products for the treatment of various forms of cancer. The Company focuses on in-licensing drug candidates that are undergoing or have already completed initial clinical testing for the treatment of cancer and then seeks to further develop those drug candidates for commercial use. The Company is initially focused on the development of PB-272 (oral neratinib), a potent irreversible tyrosine kinase inhibitor, for the treatment of patients with HER2 positive metastatic breast cancer.
BioCryst Pharmaceuticals discovers novel, oral, small-molecule medicines that treat rare diseases in which significant unmet medical needs exist and an enzyme plays a key role in the biological pathway of the disease. Oral, once-daily ORLADEYO™ (berotralstat) is approved in the United States for the prevention of HAE attacks in adult and pediatric patients 12 years and older, and under regulatory review for approval in Japan and the European Union. BioCryst has several ongoing development programs including BCX9930, an oral Factor D inhibitor for the treatment of complement-mediated diseases, galidesivir, a potential treatment for COVID-19, Marburg virus disease and Yellow Fever, and BCX9250, an ALK-2 inhibitor for the treatment of fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva. RAPIVAB® (peramivir injection), a viral neuraminidase inhibitor for the treatment of influenza, is BioCryst’s first approved product and has received regulatory approval in the U.S., Canada, Australia, Japan, Taiwan, Korea and the European Union. Post-marketing commitments for RAPIVAB are ongoing.

ArisGlobal

Private Equity Round in 2019
ArisGlobal is transforming the way today’s most successful Life Sciences companies develop breakthroughs and bring new products to market. Our core offering is LifeSphere, a cloud platform helps hundreds of life sciences companies accelerate research and development, maintain compliance and streamline collaboration between cross-functional teams, empowering them to bring safer products to market more quickly. For more than 30 years, ArisGlobal has been an established global market leader. Today, more than 250 life sciences companies, CROs and government health authorities around the world rely on ArisGlobal’s software to accomplish mission-critical tasks throughout the drug development process. Headquartered in the United States, ArisGlobal has regional offices in Europe, India, Japan and China.

Secura Bio

Debt Financing in 2019
Secura Bio is an integrated biopharmaceutical company committed to giving patients access to innovative therapies. Its a diagnosis of a serious illness can change life in an instant and finding treatment options is key. At Secura Bio, they see things differently. They develop and commercialize innovative medicines and life-changing products for the patients that need them most. Secura Bio was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Las Vegas, NV, and has operations in the U.S. and offices in San Diego.

Recro Pharma

Post in 2019
Recro Pharma is a clinical-stage specialty pharmaceutical company developing non-opioid therapeutics for the treatment of pain, initially in the post-operative setting. The company's lead product, an intranasal formulation of Dexmedetomidine, or Dex, has completed a Phase Ib placebo-controlled trial demonstrating pain relief. It was founded in 2007 and headquartered in Malvern, Pennsylvania.
Portola Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, discovers and develops therapeutics for acute and chronic cardiovascular and autoimmune/inflammatory diseases. The company's products include PRT054021, an oral factor Xa inhibitor for the prevention and treatment of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism after orthopedic surgery; for stroke prevention in patients with atrial fibrillation; and for secondary prevention of myocardial infarction and stroke. Its products also include PRT060128, an oral and intravenous ADP receptor antagonist for the treatment of patients with acute coronary syndrome; for the prevention of cardiovascular events in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention; and for secondary prevention of myocardial infarction and stroke. In addition, the company's products include PRT062607, an oral Syk-specific kinase inhibitor for treating chronic inflammatory diseases and Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) which is used to treat certain cancers including non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Portola Pharmaceuticals, Inc. was founded in 2003 and is based in South San Francisco, California.

Dermira

Post in 2018
Dermira is a specialty biopharmaceutical company focused on bringing innovative and differentiated products to dermatologists and their patients. Dermira’s portfolio of five product candidates targets significant market opportunities. It was founded in 2010 and headquartered in Menlo Park, California.
Kala Pharmaceuticals is developing novel treatments for diseases that affect mucosal tissues. The company's proprietary mucus penetrating particle technology dramatically improves drug distribution and pharmacokinetics by uniformly coating the mucosal surface with biocompatible, drug-loaded particles. Kala's formulations achieve high, sustained local drug concentrations with reduced systemic exposure and are delivered in a patient-friendly format. The company's research efforts have demonstrated successful in vivo proof-of-concept in mucosal organs such as the respiratory tract, eye, and cervicovaginal tract, enabling diverse product opportunities that target significant clinical unmet need. Kala is focused on advancing an internal pipeline of products through human proof-of-concept while establishing R&D collaborations with select partners to improve products in their pipelines.

Agendia

Private Equity Round in 2018
Agendia's molecular diagnostic technology provides cancer patients and their physicians with a glimpse into their genome, answers to the most pressing questions and enables personalized treatment plans. Agendia’s breast cancer tests were developed using an unbiased gene selection by analyzing the complete human genome. Agendia’s tests can help physicians assess a patient’s individual risk for metastasis, which patients may benefit from chemo, hormonal or combination therapy, and which patients may not require these treatments and can instead be treated with other, less arduous and less costly methods.

Sound Physicians

Private Equity Round in 2018
Sound Physicians is dedicated to supporting their hospitalist and post-acute physicians in providing the very best quality care by partnering seamlessly with our partners. Sound Physicians has more than 1,000 hospitalist and post-acute physicians providing inpatient care to more than 70 hospitals and a growing number of post-acute care centers around the U.S.

Veloxis

Post in 2018
Veloxis is a speciality pharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of Envarsus® (LCP-Tacro) for the prevention of organ rejection in kidney transplant patients. Envarsus® is a once-daily dosage version of tacrolimus, the market-leading primary immunosuppressant in the transplant market, and has successfully demonstrated non-inferiority compared to Prograf® in its two Phase III clinical trials, Study 3001 (stable kidney transplant patients) and Study 3002 (de novo kidney transplant patients). In April 2013, the company submitted a marketing authorization Application (MAA) to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) seeking approval to market Envarsus® for the prevention of organ rejection in kidney transplant patients in the European Union. In December 2013, the company submitted a New Drug Application (NDA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) seeking approval for the marketing and sale of Envarsus® for the prevention of organ rejection in kidney transplant recipients. The submission is based on the entire data set from the company's clinical development program that comprised 25 studies and enrolled over 1000 patients, including two pivotal clinical trials, studies 3001 and 3002. At the same time, Envarsus® was granted Orphan Drug status by the FDA for prophylaxis of organ rejection in patients receiving allogenic kidney transplants. The company is using its proprietary MeltDose technology in the formulation of Envarsus® to enhance the bioavailability of the drug and allow for a sustained or modified release plasma profile. The MeltDose technology has been validated in clinical studies through FDA approval of Fenoglide (now on the market) for the treatment of dyslipidemia in adults. Veloxis was founded in June 2002 as a spin-off from H. Lundbeck A/S and is listed on NASDAQ OMX Copenhagen A/S (OMX: VELO). Veloxis is an international company with headquarters in Hørsholm, Denmark, and a fully owned subsidiary in New Jersey, U.S.

VillageMD

Private Equity Round in 2018
VillageMD provides the tools, technology, operations, and staffing support needed for physicians. It works with physician groups, independent practice associations, and health systems to improve quality, deliver a first-rate patient experience, and lower costs in the communities they serve.

OptiNose

Post in 2018
OptiNose develops nasal drug delivery technologies and novel combination drug/device therapies. The drug delivery technologies are based upon a unique and patent-protected principal "Bi-Directional Delivery" which allows drugs to be more efficiently delivered to the nasal cavity. By applying its drug delivery technology, most of the dose is deposited beyond the nasal valve in the upper posterior two-thirds of the nasal cavity, unlike traditional devices. The OptiNose delivery devices have high dose reproducibility and avoid drug deposition to the lungs. In summary, technology fulfills the ideal requirements for nasal drug delivery. Clinical trials have shown that devices can provide a faster onset of action, greater effect with a lower dose, and reduced side effects. The company has offices in Norway and the UK.

Recro Pharma

Post in 2017
Recro Pharma is a clinical-stage specialty pharmaceutical company developing non-opioid therapeutics for the treatment of pain, initially in the post-operative setting. The company's lead product, an intranasal formulation of Dexmedetomidine, or Dex, has completed a Phase Ib placebo-controlled trial demonstrating pain relief. It was founded in 2007 and headquartered in Malvern, Pennsylvania.

Biora Therapeutics

Series B in 2017
Progenity, Inc. is a biotechnology company with an established track record of success in developing and commercializing molecular testing products, as well as innovating in the field of precision medicine. Progenity provides in vitro molecular tests designed to improve lives by providing actionable information that helps guide patients and physicians in making medical decisions during key life stages. The company applies a multi-omics approach, combining genomics, epigenomics, proteomics, and metabolomics to its molecular testing products and to the development of a suite of investigational ingestible devices designed to provide precise diagnostic sampling and drug delivery solutions. Progenity’s vision is to transform healthcare to become more precise and personal by improving diagnoses of disease and improving patient outcomes through localized treatment with targeted therapies.

Pharmaceutics International

Venture Round in 2016
Pharmaceutics International operates as a science-driven contract development and manufacturing company. It offers scientific insight and depth of product knowledge to supply high-quality dosage forms that enhance the lives of patients.

Medicrea

Post in 2016
MEDICREA is a fully-dedicated spinal implant company focused on introducing reliable and innovative technologies to the global marketplace. With over 18 years of experience, MEDICREA provides a full range of patented products that are conceived, developed and manufactured to advance patient outcomes and support the work of medical professionals.

Relypsa

Post in 2016
Relypsa is a biotech company. They discover and develop non-absorbed polymeric drugs for applications in cardiovascular and renal diseases. They specialize in iron deficiency, nephrology, and cardio-renal therapies.
Halozyme Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company developing and commercializing products targeting the extracellular matrix for the insulin, cancer, dermatology and drug delivery markets. The company's product portfolio is based primarily on intellectual property covering the family of human enzymes known as hyaluronidases and additional enzymes that affect the extracellular matrix. Halozyme's Enhanze(TM) technology is a novel drug delivery platform designed to increase the absorption and dispersion of biologics. The company has key partnerships with Roche, Baxter, ViroPharma and Intrexon to apply Enhanze technology to therapeutic biologics including Herceptin®, MabThera®, immunoglobulin, Cinryze® and alpha 1-antitrypsin. Halozyme's Ultrafast Insulin program combines its rHuPH20 enzyme with mealtime insulins, which may produce more rapid absorption, faster action, and improved glycemic control. The product candidates in Halozyme's pipeline target multiple areas of significant unmet medical need.

Clover Health

Series B in 2015
Clover Health is a provider of Medicare Advantage health plans to older Americans. The company operates a Preferred Provider Organization (PPO) platform to improve the quality of life of its members and physicians. Its platform utilizes patient-centered analytics and a dedicated care management team to identify potential risks and directly provide preventive care, thereby enabling patients and their health care providers to reduce avoidable spending as well as identify and manage chronic diseases. Clover uses sophisticated analytics and custom software to direct its own clinical staff to proactively fill in gaps in the care of its members.

Clover Health

Series A in 2015
Clover Health is a provider of Medicare Advantage health plans to older Americans. The company operates a Preferred Provider Organization (PPO) platform to improve the quality of life of its members and physicians. Its platform utilizes patient-centered analytics and a dedicated care management team to identify potential risks and directly provide preventive care, thereby enabling patients and their health care providers to reduce avoidable spending as well as identify and manage chronic diseases. Clover uses sophisticated analytics and custom software to direct its own clinical staff to proactively fill in gaps in the care of its members.

Apollo Endosurgery

Debt Financing in 2015
Apollo Endosurgery develops medical devices for the diagnosis and treatment of gastrointestinal diseases. The company’s device-based therapies are an alternative to invasive surgical procedures, thus lowering complication rates and reducing total healthcare costs. Apollo’s products include the X-Tack™ Endoscopic HeliX Tacking System, the OverStitch™ Endoscopic Suturing System, the OverStitch Sx™ Endoscopic Suturing System, and the ORBERA® Intragastric Balloon. Apollo Endosurgery was founded upon the initial work of the Apollo Group, an international think tank of world-renowned gastroenterologists and surgeons from five leading universities (Mayo Clinic, Johns Hopkins, Medical University of South Carolina, University of Texas Medical Branch-Galveston and Chinese University-Hong Kong.) Disappointed with the pace of innovation in therapeutic flexible endoscopy, the Group assembled in 1998 (Timeline) with the goal to advance the new discipline; their specific focus was the use of long, flexible instruments deployed through a natural orifice in order to diagnose and potentially treat gastrointestinal disorders.

Zealand Pharma

Post in 2014
Zealand Pharma A/S (Nasdaq Copenhagen: ZEAL) (“Zealand”) is a biotech company with leading-edge scientific expertise in turning peptides into medicines. Zealand has a growing proprietary pipeline of novel specialty drug candidates and a mature portfolio of products and projects under license collaborations with Sanofi, Helsinn Healthcare and Boehringer Ingelheim. Zealand’s first invented medicine, lixisenatide, a once-daily prandial GLP-1 analogue for the treatment of Type 2 diabetes, is marketed globally outside the US as Lyxumia:registered: by Sanofi and under regulatory review in the US. The license collaboration with Sanofi covers also a single-product combination of lixisenatide and insulin glargine (Lantus:registered:) which is on track for regulatory submission in the US in December 2015 and in the European Union in Q1 2016. The proprietary pipeline includes; danegaptide for ischemic reperfusion Injuries in Phase II development; ZP1848 for Short Bowel Syndrome in Phase II development; and the stable glucagon analogue, ZP4207, in Phase II preparation both as a single-dose rescue pen for severe hypoglycemia and for multiple-dose use to treat and control mild to moderate hypoglycemia; as well as several preclinical peptide therapeutics. The company is based in Copenhagen (Glostrup), Denmark. For further information about Zealand’s business and activities, please visit: www.zealandpharma.com or follow us on Twitter @ZealandPharma

Retrophin

Post in 2014
Retrophin is a pharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of drugs for the treatment of debilitating and often life-threatening diseases for which there are currently no viable patient options. The Company is currently focused on several catastrophic diseases affecting children, including Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis (FSGS), Pantothenate Kinase-Associated Neurodegeneration (PKAN), Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and others. Retrophin’s lead compound, RE-021, is scheduled to begin enrollment in a potentially pivotal Phase 2 clinical trial for FSGS during 2013.

Retrophin

Post in 2014
Retrophin is a pharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of drugs for the treatment of debilitating and often life-threatening diseases for which there are currently no viable patient options. The Company is currently focused on several catastrophic diseases affecting children, including Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis (FSGS), Pantothenate Kinase-Associated Neurodegeneration (PKAN), Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and others. Retrophin’s lead compound, RE-021, is scheduled to begin enrollment in a potentially pivotal Phase 2 clinical trial for FSGS during 2013.

Pernix Therapeutics

Post in 2014
Pernix Therapeutics Holdings, Inc. is a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the sales, marketing and development of branded and generic pharmaceutical products primarily for the pediatric market. The Company’s pediatric products, designed to improve the health and well-being of children, are focused in the specific areas of allergy, upper respiratory, including nasal, chest congestion and cough, antibiotics and dermatology, including head lice, and contact dermatitis. The Company promotes its products through a sales and marketing organization with approximately 55 sales representatives, primarily in highly populated states, targeting pediatric and high-prescribing physicians that are in the top decile of physicians that prescribe its products. The Company’s current operating plan focuses on maximizing sales of its existing product portfolio. In addition, Pernix plans to accelerate growth by launching new products, line extensions, and new formulations and by acquiring and licensing approved products.

SynCardia Systems

Funding Round in 2013
SynCardia Systems is the privately-held manufacturer of Total Artificial Heart. The SynCardia temporary Total Artificial Heart (TAH) is used as a bridge to transplant, helping them survive until a matching donor heart. becomes available.

InnoPharma

Debt Financing in 2013
InnoPharma, LLC. Founded in 2005, is a privately held pharmaceutical research and development (R&D) company, based in Piscataway, New Jersey.

TRIA Beauty

Private Equity Round in 2013
TRIA Beauty develops and markets light-based therapeutic beauty systems for the consumer market. The company provides a diode laser hair removal system for home use. It offers its products through a network of retailers.

TRIA Beauty

Debt Financing in 2013
TRIA Beauty develops and markets light-based therapeutic beauty systems for the consumer market. The company provides a diode laser hair removal system for home use. It offers its products through a network of retailers.

BioFire Diagnostics

Venture Round in 2013
BioFire Diagnostics is a privately held clinical diagnostics company based in Salt Lake City, Utah. Founded in 1990, the Company currently holds over 70 patents related to polymerase chain reaction (PCR), including rapid PCR cycling. The Company has used its extensive patent portfolio to successfully market nearly 200 products to the clinical, research and military markets.

SynCardia Systems

Debt Financing in 2013
SynCardia Systems is the privately-held manufacturer of Total Artificial Heart. The SynCardia temporary Total Artificial Heart (TAH) is used as a bridge to transplant, helping them survive until a matching donor heart. becomes available.

Verenium

Series A in 2012
Verenium possesses integrated, end-to-end capabilities in pre-treatment, novel enzyme development, fermentation, engineering, and project development and is moving rapidly to commercialize its proprietary technology for the production of cellulosic ethanol from a wide array of feedstocks, including sugarcane bagasse, dedicated energy crops, agricultural waste, and wood products. In addition to the vast potential for advanced biofuels, a multitude of large-scale industrial opportunities exist for the Company for products derived from the production of low-cost, biomass-derived sugars.

BioFire Diagnostics

Venture Round in 2012
BioFire Diagnostics is a privately held clinical diagnostics company based in Salt Lake City, Utah. Founded in 1990, the Company currently holds over 70 patents related to polymerase chain reaction (PCR), including rapid PCR cycling. The Company has used its extensive patent portfolio to successfully market nearly 200 products to the clinical, research and military markets.
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