Adobe stock photo - tippapatt GHO Capital has closed its fourth fund, GHO Capital IV LP, raising over €2.5bn (~US$2.9bn) to invest in global healthcare. The fund brings the firm’s total assets under management to around €9bn, making it Europe’s largest healthcare-focused private equity firm.
adobe stock photos - Jiraporn Hemab Therapeutics A/S has completed an oversubscribed US$157m Series C financing round led by Sofinnova Partners to accelarate and expand its pipeline in bleeding disorders and thrombosis treatments.
IPCEI Med4CureThe French AI-synbio specialist Abolis Biotechnologies SAS has entered a strategic €140m alliance with API manufacturer EuroAPI SA under the IPCEI Med4Cure funding programme. Within the collaboration, Abolis is developing production chassis for microbial corticosteroid manufacturing. The goal: to make Europe independent from imports from Asia.
adobe stock photos - Miha Creative VC investments in biotech rose 70.9% in Q3 2025 to US$3.1bn, driven by Series D growth, M&A activity, and Fed interest rate cuts, reports Global Data. J.P. Morgan reports same trends but different figures.
Pleiotrope - https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15999847California-based biotech Electra Therapeutics Inc has secured US$183m in Series C financing. The investment comes from a consortium of four European investors and Mubadala Capital. Contrary to some reports, more SIRPα modulators exist than the investors initially indicated.
Ipsen SAPharma giant Ipsen will pay US$1bn to acquire French immuno-oncology firm ImCheck Therapeutics SAS. The deal includes US$350m upfront and up to US$650m in milestone payments. ImCheck focuses on butyrophilins, a new class of immune regulators, through its antibody programme ICT01, currently in Phase I trials.
BIOCOM InterrelationsFollowing its US$361 m Series C financing, Tubulis AG presented first Phase I/IIa data on its lead ADC, TUB-040, at ESMO 2025 in Berlin. The study focuseds on patients with platinum-resistant ovarian cancer (PROC). TUB-040 shows clear differentiation potential
H Lundbeck A/SDanish companies H. Lundbeck A/S (Lundbeck) and Contera Pharma A/S have inked a strategic research collaboration aiming at accelerating the development of oligonucleotide-based treatments for medically underserved neurological conditions.
© Merck KGaAThe Merck subsidiary EMD Serono has agreed to price reductions of up to 84% for its in vitro fertilisation products in the United States. To avoid paying pharmaceutical tariffs, the company will distribute the products directly to self-paying patients via the TrumpRx.gov platform from 2026.
Adcytherix SASFrench ADC start-up Adcytherix SAS has added €105m Series A funding to a €30m seed financing round closed last year. With the money, the company will start a Phase I study with its lead ADCX-020 in Q1 2026 and develop novel payloads to break ADC therapy resistance.