French biotech company Sensorion announced today a €60 million (about $72 million) reserved offering including a €20 million strategic investment from Sanofi. The remaining €40 million subscribed by existing shareholders Redmile Group, Artal (advised by Invus), and Sofinnova Partners, alongside new investors including Cormorant Asset Management, Coastlands Capital, and Sphera Healthcare, which are leading US Healthcare Specialists funds.
UK biotech is heading into 2026 with a growing sense of momentum, even as the sector continues to navigate one of the most selective investment climates in years.
AAVantgarde Bio has closed a $141M (€122M) Series B financing round led by Schroders Capital, Atlas Venture, and Forbion. New investors included Amgen Ventures, Athos Capital, CDP Venture Capital, Columbia IMC, Neva SGR, Sixty Degree Capital, XGen Venture, and Willett Advisors. Existing investors Longwood Fund and Sofinnova Partners also participated.
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Amsterdam-based UniQure NV’s stocks made a 240% after-hours jump at Nasdaq after the company announced its Huntington gene therapy AMT-130 met the endpoints of a Phase II study and it will apply for marketing authorisation next year. In addition, UniQure entered into a US$175m non-dilutive senior secured term loan facility with Hercules Capital and commenced a US$200m underwritten public offering of its ordinary shares to prepare a BLA in Q1 2026.
Belgian lysosomal storage disease specialist Azafaros BV has added a new lead investor to its portfolio. In addition to €25m Series A leader Forbion, Jeito Captial co-led a €132m Series B round aimed at advancing two pivotal trials of Azafaros‘ lead compound nizabagloustat (AZ-3102).
British cell and gene therapy CDMO eXmoor Pharma plc, and KU Leuven which has just launched a translational cell and gene therapy hub in Belgium have inked a strategic collaboration supporting the hub’s work in four areas.
Scientists at German Helmholtz Centre Munich have presented a new transport system for gene and cell therapy that overcomes the limitations of viral vectors. An in vivo gene therapy for hereditary blindness corrected the defect in the Rpe65 gene ten times more efficiently than was possible with viral vectors.
Amsterdam-based uniQure NV’s gene therapy candidate AMT-130 has been granted FDA Breakthrough Therapy Designation for the treatment of the neurodegenerative Huntington’s disease.
Spanish SpliceBio has dosed the first patient with SB-007, the first dual AAV gene therapy in clinical development for Stargardt disease
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