Light Sciences lines up $35M in credit, financing
November 6, 2009 — 11:42am ET | By Maureen Martino
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Bellevue, WA-based Light Sciences Oncology has garnered itself a $23.3 million line of credit, in addition to another $11.8 million in warrants. This comes after the company raised $40 million in venture capital in June 2008.
LSO is developing a medical device/drug combination that could treat malignant tumors without killing healthy surrounding tissue. The procedure involves inserting a light-emitting diode into tumors along with talaporfin sodium, an inactive chemical. When the light is turned on, it activates the chemical and destroys the cancer cells. The company began a late-stage trial of the drug for liver cancer in 2006. Although results from that study have yet to be released, LSO has already begun other trials in children with neurofibromatosis and men with enlarged prostates.
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Photodynamic therapy has been underway for a little while...haven't heard much in first hand results but hopefully we will soon. I think the potential is huge and the side effects seem quite minimal. The research for this for non-NF stuff is more advanced and there have been some amazing stories out of the UK in particular. Very encouraging.
Cindy
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