Graftys (France) a commercial-stage medical device company focused on minimally invasive femoroplasty using bisphosphonateloaded synthetic bone substitute to prevent contralateral hip fracture after osteoporotic fracture, closed a $5.3M Series C financing. Participants include Ventech, Octalfa, Oreo Finances and Viveris Management.

Covagen (Switzerland) a development-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on a protein scaffold platform (Fynomer) for therapeutic use, closed a $6.5M Series A financing. Participants include Seroba Kernel Life Sciences, Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners, MP Healthcare Venture Management, Novartis Venture Fund and Ventech.

EyeGate Pharma (Wlatham, MA) a clinical-stage company focused on a non-invasive iontophoresis drug delivery system for ocular therapeutics, closed a $22.6M Series D financing. Participants include Natixis Private Equity, Emerging Capital, Ventech, Innoven Partners and Medicis Capital.

Cellerix (Spain) a clinical-stage biopharma company focused on adult stem cell therapies for Crohn’s and other GI diseases, closed a $37.7M Series C financing. Participants include Ysios Capital Partners, Ventech, Roche Venture Fund and Novartis Venture Fund.

Note: 2009 Year-in-Review Trend Analysis Coming 15 Feb

BioVex (Woburn, MA) a clinical-stage biologics company focused on metastatic melanoma, head and neck, pancreatic and colo-rectal cancer, closed a $30M Series F bringing the entire round to $70M. Participants have included Morningside Venture, Ventech, MVM Life Science Partners, Sectoral Asset Management, Ysios Capital Partners, Forbion Capital Partners, Credit Agricole Private Equity, Harris & Harris [...]