FORE Biotherapeutics Announces Closing of Upsized $67.4 Million Series D-2 Extension Financing and Highlights Recent Plixorafenib Achievements
“We are pleased with the progress at Fore this year, which allowed us to expand our investor base with new, quality healthcare investors and are grateful for the continued support from all our existing investors, which reflects their confidence in the potential for plixorafenib to disrupt the BRAF market,” said William Hinshaw, Chief Executive Officer of Fore. “With target enrollment now complete in the primary CNS tumor basket, we look forward to reporting topline data from this basket around the end of 2026. With the recent Breakthrough Therapy Designation granted to plixorafenib, we continue to progress towards a planned regulatory submission in 2027 for BRAF V600E CNS tumors and bringing this novel mechanism and differentiated profile to patients who are in need of improved therapeutic options.”
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