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News and Trends 22 Sep 2022

Rivus Pharmaceuticals raises $132M for treatment of obesity and cardio-metabolic disorders

Rivus Pharmaceuticals Inc. has completed a $132 million series B financing round. It was led by RA Capital Management with participation from Bain Capital Life Sciences, BB Biotech AG and existing investors Longitude Capital, Medicxi and RxCapital. The financing will further support clinical advancement of lead candidate HU6, a first-in-class controlled metabolic accelerator (CMA) designed […]

September 22, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 22 Sep 2022

National Hemophilia Foundation launches research fund

The National Hemophilia Foundation (NHF) in the U.S. has announced the launch of Pathway to Cures (P2C), a new venture philanthropy investment fund focused on creating transformational impact across all inheritable blood disorders. Investing alongside and partnering with traditional private capital funds and other industry organizations, P2C hopes to spur the development of inheritable blood […]

September 22, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

Optics11 Life receives €5 million in funding for drug development

News and Trends 21 Sep 2022

Quinten Health closes financing round to advance disease modeling platforms

A financing round to advance disease modeling platforms and virtual twins in real world has been closed by Quinten Health. The company that works in real-world data science, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) for precision care, made the announcement today (September 21). The round is part of the Quinten Group’s €14 million ($13.9 […]

September 21, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 21 Sep 2022

Novo Nordisk Foundation investing $200M for first quantum computer for life sciences research

The Novo Nordisk Foundation has awarded a grant of $200 million to establish the first full-scale quantum computer for the development of new medicines. The computer will also provide new insights into climate change and the green transition, which is not possible with classical computers today. The computer could be located in a data center, […]

September 21, 2022 - 5 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 20 Sep 2022

CytoReason and Pfizer agree deal worth up to $110M for AI drug discovery and development

In a deal with a potential value of $110 million over the next five years, CytoReason has announced an extension of its multi-year partnership with Pfizer. Pfizer will make a $20 million equity investment under the terms of the agreement which will give the company the right to use CytoReason’s artificial intelligence (AI) technology and […]

September 20, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

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News and Trends 20 Sep 2022

Collaboration to develop new glioblastoma combination therapy nets €1.06M

Dutch biotech CimCure B.V., French biotech company Covalab, Amsterdam UMC (The Netherlands) and the University of Zurich (Switzerland), have received a €1.06M ($1.08M) grant from EUREKA Eurostars. With a total budget of €2.24M ($2.28M), including investments from the partners, the project aims to develop a new treatment against glioblastoma. CimCure is the lead coordinator of […]

September 20, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 20 Sep 2022

Dyania Health raises $5.3M to help speed up clinical trials

Dyania Health was founded in 2019 to address a significant and unsolved problem for clinical trials. That is, the process of manual chart review to pre-screening patients for clinical research is cumbersome and time-consuming. The process to match patients on very specific and time-sensitive clinical trial criteria typically takes 18 to 24 months for most […]

September 20, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 19 Sep 2022

Kamari Pharma raises $8M in investment for development of drugs for skin diseases

An $8 million investment has been raised by Kamari Pharma following investment from the Guangzhou-Israel Biotechnology Fund (GIBF) that creates added value for Israeli, European and American companies looking to expand in China. Kamari Pharma was established at the end of 2018 by the leading Israeli based biotechnology funds Pontifax and Arkin Bioholdings. Prior to […]

September 19, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 19 Sep 2022

Biologics manufacturing facility launched by Evotec SE in Toulouse

Construction of a biologics manufacturing facility commenced on Friday (September 16). It is being built by Evotec at its Campus Curie in Toulouse, is the second facility of its kind, and the first in Europe. It will use Just – Evotec Biologics’ flexible J.POD technology to deliver clinical and commercial manufacturing capacity for biologics. Therapeutic […]

September 19, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 15 Sep 2022

Novome Biotechnologies raises $43.5M for therapeutically engineered microbes pipeline

U.S. biotech company Novome Biotechnologies, Inc., has closed a $43.5 million series B financing round. The financing was led by Tencent, and includes new investors University of Minnesota, Navian Investments, Colorcon Ventures and Touchdown Ventures. Existing investors DCVC Bio, 5AM Ventures, Alta Partners and Alexandria Venture Investments also participated. The proceeds will be used to […]

September 15, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

PBC clinical trials: Gannex doses first patient

News and Trends 15 Sep 2022

Tridek-One brings in €16M to develop auto-immune diseases candidates

Tridek-One SAS, a French biotech startup specialized in the research and development of CD31 agonists to restore immune balance, has closed a €16 million ($16.1 million) new financing round. The financing was led by Swiss Pureos Bioventures with the participation of new investors Bpifrance and Bioqube Ventures, as well as historical investors AdBio partners and […]

September 15, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 14 Sep 2022

Capstan Therapeutics launches with $165M to deliver on in vivo cell engineering

Capstan Therapeutics, Inc. has launched today with $165 million in financing to combine cell therapy and genetic medicines to help bring safer, first-in-class medicines to more patients in multiple indications. Capstan Therapeutics’ foundational precision in vivo engineering technology builds on research conducted in the laboratories of mRNA and cell therapy scientists at the University of […]

September 14, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

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Rivus Pharmaceuticals raises $132M for treatment of obesity and cardio-metabolic disorders

National Hemophilia Foundation launches research fund

Quinten Health closes financing round to advance disease modeling platforms

Novo Nordisk Foundation investing $200M for first quantum computer for life sciences research

CytoReason and Pfizer agree deal worth up to $110M for AI drug discovery and development

Collaboration to develop new glioblastoma combination therapy nets €1.06M

Dyania Health raises $5.3M to help speed up clinical trials

Kamari Pharma raises $8M in investment for development of drugs for skin diseases

Biologics manufacturing facility launched by Evotec SE in Toulouse

Novome Biotechnologies raises $43.5M for therapeutically engineered microbes pipeline

Tridek-One brings in €16M to develop auto-immune diseases candidates

Capstan Therapeutics launches with $165M to deliver on in vivo cell engineering

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