Italian obesity gene therapy developer Resalis Therapeutics srl has gained an equity investment from French pharma major Sanofi SA sufficient to finance its miRNA-22 antisense blocker RES-010 through Phase II proof-of-concept.
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Belgian UCB SA and British Cancer UK have started a second clinical study within their multi-year partnership to evaluate the safety and tolerable dose of UCB4594 in patients with advanced cancers.
Another strong financing round for Belgian Agomab NV. Sanofi is joining the band wagon of targeting the TGFbeta receptor.
Rentschler Biopharma announces largest single investment in the higher double-digit range at its headquarters in Germany for construction of a new buffer media facility in Laupheim.
Roche drops a third Alzheimer’s candidate this year, leaving a partnership with UCB just four years after agreeing to work together on new treatments for the neurological disease.
Biotech firm Nuclera raises $75M to expand its cutting-edge protein discovery system, speeding up breakthroughs in labs worldwide.
Purespring Therapeutics, a pioneering gene therapy company focused on transforming kidney disease treatment, has raised £80 (€96m) in an oversubscribed Series B round. Led by Sofinnova Partners, this funding also drew support from Gilde Healthcare, Forbion, British Patient Capital, and Syncona Limited.
A total of US$1bn was pledged to the WHO at this year’s World Health Summit in Berlin for the fight against Mpox, Marburg virus and the consequences of climate change.
Swiss Ikerian AG’s US-subsidiary, RetinAI U.S. Inc. has announced the first close of an CHF6.73m Series B financing with new and existing investors to advance its AI-based image analysis platform alongside a strategic partnership.
German antibody specialist YUMAB GmbH has inked a collaboration agreement with Japanese MOLCURE Inc aimed at using the company’s zero-shot AI technology for antibody discovery.