Otsuka to acquire renal denervation firm ReCor Medical

Otsuka Holdings (TYO:4578) said today that it plans to acquire the remaining stake it doesn’t already own in ReCor Medical and the renal denervation device it’s developing to treat hypertension.

Tokyo-based Otsuka led ReCor’s $15 million Series D in April 2015 to back Palo Alto, Calif.- and Amsterdam-based ReCor’s Radiance-HTN study, which will test its Paradise system in patients with high blood pressure in the U.S. and E.U. In May 2016 the duo inked a deal that gave Otsuka exclusive rights to pursue clinical trials, regulatory approval and commercialization of ReCor’s Paradise device in Japan, China, Korea and elsewhere in Asia.

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