Worg Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd. raised nearly ¥400 million (US$55.6 million) in its series B financing. Founded in 2018, the company is developing immunotherapies to treat allergic and autoimmune diseases and other indications based on its two technology platforms, Pcfit and Apitope.
Odyssey Therapeutics Inc. closed a hefty $168 million series B round to progress multiple small-molecule and protein-based drug discovery and development programs in autoimmune disease and cancer.
CSPC NBP Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd. entered an agreement that will grant it exclusive rights to Harbour Biomed Co. Ltd.’s anti-FcRn antibody, batoclimab (HBM-9161), in greater China, including Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.
Cabaletta Bio Inc. has announced CABA-201, a newly designed, fully human CD19 chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) containing a 4-1BB co-stimulatory domain.
Hanall Biopharma Co. Ltd. has clarified that the new FcRn inhibitor IMVT-1402, unveiled by its licensed partner Immunovant Inc. as a new development program for autoimmune diseases, is a compound discovered and developed by Hanall, HL-161ANS.
Endpoint Health Inc. has announced a new precision immunology program targeting inflammation mediated by tissue factor (TF)-dependent intracellular signaling.
Simcere Pharmaceutical Group has out-licensed its autoimmune drug candidate SIM-0278 for all indications to Almirall SA in a deal worth up to $507 million. Simcere granted exclusive global rights to the candidate to Almirall for development and commercialization excluding mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan. In return, Almirall will pay Simcere $15 million up front.
Simcere Pharmaceutical Group has out-licensed its autoimmune drug candidate SIM-0278 for all indications to Almirall SA in a deal worth up to $507 million. Simcere granted exclusive global rights to the candidate to Almirall for development and commercialization excluding mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan. In return, Almirall will pay Simcere $15 million up front.
Almirall SA and Simcere Pharmaceutical Group Ltd. have entered into an exclusive licensing agreement for Simcere's IL-2 mutant fusion protein (IL-2 mu-Fc) autoimmune drug candidate, SIM-0278.