• Imaxio SA, of Lyon, France, said it raised €2.9 million (US$3.8 million) from principal shareholder Pradeyrol Developpement to speed up growth through two major R&D projects: IMX313, a vaccine-carrying protein platform set to start clinical development in 2013, and Spirolept, a vaccine against human leptospirosis expected to go before European authorities for approval starting in 2015.