AMT Medical BV raised $25 million in a series B financing round for its Excimer Laser Assisted Non-Occlusive Anastomosis heart bypass system. The funds will go towards clinical trials and regulatory approval for its sutureless coronary bypass technology designed to replace traditional open-heart bypass surgery.
Field Medical Inc. reaped $40 million in its series A fundraising via $20 million in new capital and conversion of $20 million in seed-round debt to support development of its next-generation pulsed field ablation technology. Field Medical’s Fieldforce ablation system targets ventricular tachycardia as its initial use, but also has a study in process for atrial fibrillation.
Roche AG has become the latest pharmaceutical company to respond to the Trump administration’s threat to impose tariffs, saying it will invest $50 billion in drug and diagnostics manufacturing in the U.S. over the next five years. That figure matches a similar commitment by its Basel, Switzerland-based neighbor, Novartis AG, which on April 11 said it would be investing almost $50 billion in the U.S., also over the next five years.
Neuranics Ltd. recently raised $8 million in seed funding which is “extremely important” for the company as it looks to scale its magnetic sensing technology, which detects muscle activity without touching the skin, Noel McKenna, CEO told BioWorld. “The funds will help accelerate our go to market strategy and advance our R&D roadmap,” he said.