Infectious disease test development firm Atlas Genetics has raised £16.9 million in a Series B venture financing round. New investors that participated in the funding round are Novartis Venture Funds, BB Biotech Ventures and Johnson & Johnson Development. Existing investor Consort Medical also participated. The company intends to use the funds to speed up the launch of Atlas’ Velox point-of-care products for chlamydia and gonorrhea as well as for the development of other tests and to boost the immunoassay capability of the Velox system.
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