Broncus Coughs Up Emphysema Assets

May 23, 2012

Venture-backed Broncus Technologies has sold key patents and domain names to PneumRx, a pulmonology-focused medical device company. The Broncus Technologies Emphysema Assets include the domain name emphysema.com, plus several patents in the emphysema and interventional pulmonology space. Forbion Capital Partners, Endeavour Vision, Adams Street Partners, Telegraph Hill Partners, Alta Partners, Spray Venture Partners, Silicon Valley Bank and Leader Ventures financed PneumRx's most recent round, a $33 million Series C financing raised in January 2011.

Therapeutic Devices

Mountain View, CA

Developer of interventional bronchoscopy devices for the treatment of emphysema

Existing Investors

HBM BioCapital