Kringle Pharma, Inc. announced that it has received ¥1.242 million in funding from Barclays Bank PLC (Tokyo Branch)

Kringle Pharma Inc is a Japan-based company mainly engaged in the development of pharmaceuticals. The Company is involved in the research and development of therapeutic agents for intractable diseases using hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) protein. HGF has versatile bioactivity that is responsible for tissue or organ regeneration and protection such as cell proliferation promotion, cell motility promotion, anti-apoptosis, morphogenesis induction, and angiogenesis. HGF has a therapeutic effect on chronic fibrotic diseases such as liver cirrhosis, chronic renal failure, pulmonary fibrosis and cardiomyopathy. HGFs target diseases are Atrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Acute renal impairment, Vocal scar and others. The Company is involved in the general new drug development processes such as basic research, non-clinical trials and manufacturing, clinical trials, approval application and authorization, marketing and expansion of indications.