Wellington-based medical device company Chitogel has scored US$6.58 million ($10.7m) in investment over three years from United States investor McGeever ahead of an $8m Series A capital raise.
Chitogel sells a wound-healing gel, used post-operatively in endoscopic sinus surgery, mainly based on...
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