Celtic Pharma

Celtic Pharma is a global private equity firm dedicated to the biotechnology and pharmaceutical sectors, focusing on late-stage clinical and regulatory development of pharmaceutical products. The firm aims to acquire direct ownership or controlling stakes in innovative and commercially viable products. It is committed to providing funding and actively managing these assets through the final stages of clinical development and global regulatory approval, which includes facilitating manufacturing arrangements and preparing for market launch. Headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda, Celtic Pharma also maintains offices in New York City and London.

3 past transactions

Cantab Biopharmaceuticals

Venture Round in 2010
Cantab Biopharmaceuticals Ltd is a drug development company focused on the development of "biosuperior" products. Based on Cambridge Science Park, Cantab is at the heart of the largest biotech cluster in Europe. Cantab is using it's extensive experience in biopharmaceutical discovery, process development and GMP manufacturing to expedite the development of biosuperiors from inception through clinical development. Previously marketed, off-patent, biologics will be enhanced by the application of appropriate cutting-edge technologies in protein expression/engineering, process/manufacturing technology, protein conjugation, formulation and drug delivery. Particular areas of drug characteristics that Cantab seek to improve upon are product presentation and stability, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, immunogenicity and drug delivery.

Novacta Biosystems

Venture Round in 2009
Leveraging the extensive knowledge of GSK's Biotransformation and Natural Products scientific team, Novacta Biosystems Ltd was founded in 2003. In the following 5 years, Novacta successfully adopted a dual business model, whereby it developed a biocatalysis and microbial pathway engineering service business, that supported its efforts to build an infectious disease therapeutic pipeline.

Xenova

Acquisition in 2005
Xenova publicly quoted biotechnology company focused on the development of novel drugs to treat cancer and addiction.
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