HYPNION, INC. RAISES $20.1 MILLION IN EXTENDED SERIES B FINANCING

Hypnion, Inc., today announced that it raised $20.1 million in an extension of its Series B private equity financing, in response to favorable clinical results in its lead insomnia program. Investors included MPM Capital, Advanced Technology Ventures, Forward Ventures, Flagship Ventures, Oxford Bioscience Partners, GIMV, S.R. One Limited, JAFCO, Alexandria Real Estate Equities, and Mintz Levin Investments. With this financing, Hypnion expects to rapidly advance its lead program into Phase II and a second compound into Phase I.

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