Pharmaxis Ltd. has found new funding to breathe life into a drug that looked like it might sit on the shelf for a while, but now appears to be a good candidate for tackling Parkinson’s and other neurodegenerative diseases.
Rayzebio Inc. raised $160 million in a series D round and unveiled its lead targeted radiopharmaceutical drug candidate, RYZ-101, which has entered clinical development in patients with gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors expressing the somatostatin receptor type 2.
Melbourne-based Occurx Pty Ltd. announced a AU$16 million (US$11 million) series B round that will progress lead candidate OCX-063 to phase II trials in chronic kidney disease. The capital raise was jointly led by Brandon Biocatalyst and Uniseed and includes a AU$1.5 million grant from Australian biomedical incubator Cureator.
Shanghai Junshi Biosciences Co. Ltd. plans to raise up to ¥3.969 billion (US$570 million) by issuing no more than 70 million A shares to target subscribers on the Shanghai STAR Market.
Pretzel Therapeutics Inc. has launched with a $72.5 million series A financing to pioneer novel therapies to modulate mitochondrial function to treat rare genetic diseases and common diseases of aging.