BioVie Inc (BIVI)

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RENO, Nev., Dec. 01, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BioVie Inc., (NASDAQ: BIVI) (“BioVie” or the “Company”) a clinical-stage company developing innovative drug therapies for the treatment of neurological and neurodegenerative disorders and advanced liver disease, entered into a debt facility with Avenue Venture Opportunities Fund, L.P. and Avenue Venture Opportunities Fund II, L.P. (Collectively “the Avenue Venture Funds”) providing up to $25 million with the initial $15 million funded at the close on November 30, 2021.

“We are pleased to partner with the Avenue Venture Funds as we prepare for a catalyst-rich 2022, which includes anticipated top-line data from both our Phase 2b trial of BIV201 in refractory ascites and our Phase 3 trial of NE3107 in Alzheimer’s,” said Cuong Do, CEO of BioVie. “This non-dilutive funding provides us with the capital to take us through several key clinical milestones and to support continued advancement of our programs in additional indications as we initiate a Phase 2 trial of NE3107 in Parkinson’s disease that is expected to have topline data readout in the first half of 2022 and initiate a Phase 3 trial of BIV201 in the treatment of hepatorenal syndrome-acute kidney injury.”