Image by freepikPurespring 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.
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Astellas Pharma IncAviadoBio Ltd has cashed in €30m upfront and €20m as an equity investment from Astellas Pharma Inc for signing a licence option agreement for its Phase I/II gene therapy programme AVR-01.
Evotec SEEvotec SE is widening its 2022 R&D collaboration SynaptixBio Ltdi to optimise and identify new antisense oligonucleotides to treat children with H-ABC leukodystrophy, a rare genetic myelin synthesis defect that shows similar symptoms such as multiple sclerosis.
AI specialist WhiteLab Genomics, the Vision Institute, and IT expert ADLIN Science, have entered into a strategic partnership aimed at developing new AAV vectors targetting retinal dystrophies.
Basel-headquartered Roche AG has inaugurated a brand new €90m gene therapy development centre in Penzberg near Munich.
MIP Discovery Ltd has closed a £7M Series A financing to drive commercialisation of its synthetic affinity reagents in cell and gene therapy.
Bayer SE subsidiary Asklepios BioPharmaceutical Inc. (AskBio) has started Phase II testing of AB-1002 (NAN-101) in patients with congestive heart failure.