Russian Press13 May 2020 23:42
"The Russian venture company announced the completion of the sale of the share of the fund created with its capital in Ivix to the Irish biopharmaceutical company Ovoca Bio PLC. The deal amounted to 5 million rubles, according to a statement issued on Wednesday by RVC.
The Ivix company, established in 2012, is developing innovative drugs based on the signal peptide (BP101) used to combat female infertility. The preparations were based on innovative ideas of scientists of the Institute of Molecular Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences.
The Bioprocess Capital Ventures Fund, created with the participation of RVC capital, sold its stake in the project of the Irish biopharmaceutical company Ovoca Bio PLC for $ 5 million. Earlier, Ovoca Bio PLC acted as an investor in the second round of project investment, ”the report said.
The Bioprocess Capital Ventures Fund became an investor in the company in 2013. Six years later, the development team successfully completed the third phase of clinical trials of the drug; in September 2019, the company applied to the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation for permission to bring the drug to the market. If the regulator approves the Ivix drug to maintain female reproductive health, it may go on sale by the end of 2020, the report said.
“During being in the portfolio of the fund, the Ivix team successfully completed all stages of the clinical trials and prepared the medicine for entering the market. An innovative drug for the violation of female reproductive dysfunctions will be in demand not only in Russia - the company already has a number of international patents and plans to implement clinical trials in the EU and the USA. Partnership with the Irish company Ovoca Bio PLC will accelerate the international expansion of the product, ”the words of the deputy general director and investment director of RVC Alexei Basov are quoted in the message."
https://www.finanz.ru/novosti/aktsii/fond-bioprocess-kepital-venchurs-vyshel-iz-chisla-investorov-kompanii-ayviks-rvk-1029195893