May 16 (Reuters) - Inventiva SA IVAA.PA :
* SECURES A €50 MILLION CREDIT FACILITY FROM THE EUROPEAN
INVESTMENT BANK
* THIS CREDIT FACILITY IS INTENDED TO SUPPORT PROGRESS AND
EXPANSION OF INVENTIVA'S PIPELINE
* CREDIT FACILITY CONSISTS OF TWO TRANCHES OF EUR 25 MILLION
EACH
* CREDIT AGREEMENT IS PART OF EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK'S
STRATEGY
TO SUPPORT BIOTECH COMPANIES DEVELOPING A HIGH-LEVEL OF
EXPERTISE IN VARIOUS THERAPEUTIC AREAS WITH SIGNIFICANT UNMET
MEDICAL NEEDS
* PLANS TO USE FACILITY TOWARD ITS PRECLINICAL AND CLINICAL
PIPELINE, INCLUDING TO HELP FUND A PORTION OF ITS PHASE III
CLINICAL TRIAL OF LANIFIBRANOR IN PATIENTS WITH NASH.
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