Following up on its 2017 $23.5 million series A financing, Lyndra Therapeutics Inc. secured $55 million in a series B round to support the development of its long-acting therapies. All of the previous investors resubscribed, while Hopu Investments, Gilead Sciences Inc., Invus, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Orient Life joined their ranks. (See BioWorld Today, April 14, 2017.)