Chinese vaccine company Ab&B Bio-tech announced an IPO listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX:2627) under which it hopes to raise up to HK$518.36 million (US$66 million) to commercialize its influenza and human rabies vaccines in China and internationally.
The U.K. quoted biotech investment firm Syncona plc is facing into the volatile market conditions and the impact U.S. trade policy, regulatory uncertainty and pharma pricing are having on access to capital, with a plan to end its evergreen structure and transition to a closed fund.
Total venture capital funding in U.K. biotech was £1.23 billion (US$1.64 billion) in the first half of 2025, almost matching the 2023 total of $1.66 billion and looking to be in position to equal the 2024 12-month total of $2.8 billion.
Radiopharma Clarity Pharmaceuticals Ltd. raised AU$203 million (US$132.22 million) in an institutional placement on Australia’s Securities Exchange to advance its late-stage pipeline of copper-based radiopharmaceuticals.
Chinese financings are picking up, with Everest Medicines Ltd. raising US$200 million and Nanjing-based Leads Bioloabs Co. Ltd. listing on the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in a $189 million IPO.
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