Basel, Switzerland, December 5th, 2019 – ARTIDIS AG (“ARTIDIS”), a privately held healthtech company, announced today the successful closure of a CHF 8.8 million seed financing in two rounds securing early clinical validation and the next development phase towards market entry in 2021.
The funding will be used to advance the company’s healthtech platform into a large multi-centre clinical study together with the University Hospital Tuebingen (Germany), University Hospital Barcelona (Spain), and Texas Medical Center (Houston, US). The study aims to further validate the value of ARTIDIS in diagnosing breast and lung cancer, as well as for personalizing and optimizing cancer treatment. The results will support the regulatory submissions to the FDA and the European Notified Body to gain approval for the ARTIDIS medical device and data platform. This is one of the major prerequisites for ARTIDIS to enter the diagnostic market world-wide in 2021 in order to improve the standard of care for cancer patients.
Dr. Marija Plodinec, CEO of ARTIDIS commented: “The closure of this financing round and the successful recruitment of 545 patients in our first clinical study at the University Hospital Basel this year is a huge success. We are thankful for the support and trust of all our shareholders – together, we are opening a new chapter towards personalizing the patient journey.”
The round was supported by family offices and private individuals from Switzerland and EU including BERNINA Bioinvest, Zurich and SMD MedicalTrade AG, Taegerwilen.
“We are extremely happy for the opportunity to invest in this promising company and support the great team of ARTIDIS on their mission to deliver fast diagnosis and personalized treatment to cancer patients.” – stated Philipp Looser from SMD Medical Trade AG.
The management of BERNINA BioInvest commented: “ARTIDIS brings the future of cancer diagnostics and treatment to the patients and clinicians. We support ARTIDIS, because their approach will significantly optimize the diagnostics workflow and has the potential to revolutionize the way treatment decision-making is done, improving not only the personal patient journey but benefiting the whole healthcare ecosystem. We are confident that Marija Plodinec and her team have the expertise, the passion, and the drive needed to realize this vision.”
Martin Gertsch, Chairman of the Board says: “We are very glad that we could also strengthen our Board of Directors during this year: Owing to their significant industry experience and diverse subject matter expertise, Ms Trudi Haemmerli, Board Member Innosuisse, and Dr. Reinhard Ambros, former Global Head of Novartis Venture Fund, were both elected as Board of Directors this year.”
About ARTIDIS AG
ARTIDIS AG is a spinoff from the Biozentrum, University of Basel, Switzerland, that has developed the first nanomechanical biomarker for cancer diagnosis and treatment optimization. ARTIDIS nanotechnology platform integrates different types of clinical data into the ARTIDISNet digital platform, allowing physicians to significantly shorten the current diagnostic process and bringing benefit to both the patient and the healthcare system. ARTIDIS enables professionals to design personalized cancer treatment plans tailored to the individual patient needs and desired outcomes. For more information, please visit www.artidis.com.
For further information please contact:
ARTIDIS AG
Dr. Marija Plodinec, CEO
Phone: +41 61 633 29 95
marija.plodinec@artidis.com
www.artidis.com