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Solace Pharmaceuticals launches with $15M in VC
Boston Business Journal - 10:01 AM EDT Tuesday, May 1, 2007(link)
A new pharmaceutical startup focused on treating chronic pain has officially launched with $15 million in first-round venture funding.
Solace Pharmaceuticals Inc. in Boston announced the news on Tuesday. Polaris Venture Partners and Interwest Partners led the round, which also included existing investors and co-founder PureTech Ventures.
The company also announced it has hired a CEO -- Eliot Forster, who worked most recently for Pfizer as head of development in Europe and Asia.
Solace will focus on treating the causes of both chronic neuropathic and inflammatory pain.
Its founders include a number of pain experts based at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital.
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