Dynogen Pharma Files for Bankruptcy

Waltham, MA-based drug developer Dynogen Pharmaceuticals has filed for bankruptcy protection this week under the weight of $10.6 million in liabilities, the Boston Business Journal reported this morning. Dynogen, a developer of drugs for irritable bowel syndrome and other gastrointestinal disorders, raised some $67 million over the past six years from Boston-area investors such as HealthCare Ventures, Oxford Bioscience Partners, SV Life Sciences, and Abingworth Management. Last April market conditions sank Dynogen’s plans to go public in a reverse merger with California’s Apex Bioventures (AMEX:[[ticker:PEX]]).

Author: Ryan McBride

Ryan is an award-winning business journalist who contributes to our life sciences and technology coverage. He was previously a staff writer for Mass High Tech, a Boston business and technology newspaper, where he and his colleagues won a national business journalism award from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers in 2008. In recent years, he has made regular TV appearances on New England Cable News. Prior to MHT, Ryan covered the life sciences, technology, and energy sectors for Providence Business News. He graduated with honors from the University of Rhode Island in 2001 with a bachelor’s degree in communications. When he’s not chasing down news, Ryan enjoys mountain biking and skiing in his home state of Vermont.