Seed financing at Cirrus Therapeutics to develop ocular medicines

Oct. 3, 2025

Cirrus Therapeutics Inc. has closed an $11 million seed financing to advance its pipeline of gene and cell therapies designed to preserve sight and extend ocular healthspan in patients with chronic blinding diseases.

BioWorld Science Financings Ocular Gene therapy Seed

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BioWorld briefs for Dec. 11, 2025.

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BioWorld MedTech briefs for Dec. 11, 2025.

CTAD 2025: Diagnosing semaglutide’s failure in Alzheimer’s trials

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A little over a week after announcing that the Evoke and Evoke+ studies failed to show that oral semaglutide could slow cognition decline in patients with...

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CTAD 2025: The challenges of combination therapies for dementia

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At the Clinical Trials on Alzheimer’s Disease 2025 meeting, a panel of experts discussed the need for developing combination therapies for the complex diseases...

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Positive efficacy results led to Praxis Precision Medicines Inc.’s phase II Embold study in developmental and epileptic encephalopathies (DEEs) being halted...