Scribe Therapeutics Inc. has been awarded more than $25 million by California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) across two preclinical programs for CRISPR-based gene editing therapies targeting cardiovascular and metabolic disease.
Cardiovascular-focused Kardigan Inc. is the latest biopharma firm to take advantage of the wide open IPO window, pricing an upsized offering of 25 million shares at $16 per share, the high end of its proposed range, to rake in gross proceeds of about $400 million.
Chinese peptide therapeutics developer Shaanxi Micot Pharmaceutical Technology Co. Ltd. is seeking up to HK$1.22 billion (US$155 million) in a Hong Kong IPO to advance its lead phase III chronic kidney disease candidate, MT-1013, and next-generation obesity therapies.
Fresh off a deal with Travere Therapeutics Inc. for civorebrutinib worth more than $1.14 billion, Everest Medicines Ltd. went on a shopping spree, striking three deals in six days to expand its pipeline and geographic reach across Asia Pacific.
Demonstrating better tolerability and safety in comparison with standard of care, Edgewise Therapeutics Inc.’s EDG-7500 is moving toward a phase III trial for both obstructive and nonobstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), the most common form of genetic heart disease. Boulder, Colo.-based Edgewise reported top-line phase II results from part D of the Cirrus-HCM trial, showing meaningful responses in terms of hemodynamics, biomarkers and patient-reported measures.
Chengdu Shibeikang Biological Medicine Technology Co. Ltd. has patented new platelet adhesion inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disorders.
Thryv Therapeutics Inc. has divulged new crystalline forms of serum/glucocorticoid-regulated kinase 1 (SGK1) inhibitors and maleic acid potentially useful for the treatment of atrial fibrillation, heart failure and inflammatory disorders.
Shenzhen Salubris Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd. has synthesized relaxin family peptide receptor 1 (RXFP1) receptor agonists reported to be potentially useful for the treatment of heart failure.
Leto Laboratories Co. Ltd. has identified macro cyclic peptides acting as calcitonin receptor (CALCR; CT-R) and amylin dual receptor agonists reported to be potentially useful for the treatment of atherosclerosis, type 1 diabetes, dyspepsia, myocardial infarction, obesity and more.
Fresh off a deal with Travere Therapeutics Inc. for civorebrutinib worth more than $1.14 billion, Everest Medicines Ltd. went on a shopping spree, striking three deals in six days to expand its pipeline and geographic reach across Asia Pacific.