aid: elevation-pharmaceuticals
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  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
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name: Elevation Pharmaceuticals
description: Elevation Pharmaceuticals was a San Diego specialty pharmaceutical company founded in 2008
  by Cam Garner, Bill Gerhart, and Ahmet Tutuncu to develop next-generation aerosol/inhalation therapies
  for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). It raised a $30 million Series A in 2010 backed by
  Canaan Partners, TPG Growth, Care Capital, and Mesa Verde Venture Partners, and was acquired by Sunovion
  Pharmaceuticals in August 2012. The company is no longer independently operating; its domain now resolves
  to Sunovion nameservers and it publishes no public API, developer portal, or developer surface. This
  profile is retained in the API Evangelist network as a Canaan Partners portfolio record.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/elevation-pharmaceuticals/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
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x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
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x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
x-status: acquired
x-acquired-by: sunovion-pharmaceuticals
x-acquired-year: 2012
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
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tags:
- Company
- Pharmaceuticals
- Biotech
- COPD
- Respiratory
- Drug Development
- Acquired
- Canaan Partners Portfolio
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
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