Tortugas Neuroscience Inc. came out of its shell to announce the raising of $106 million between its seed and series A financing rounds. “We like the symbolism of the sea turtle – long-lived, persistent, very determined,” Tortugas CEO Jeff Jonas said of the company’s name.
Biopharma and med-tech companies raising money in public or private financings, including: Allogene, Alloy, Enveric, JATT II, Orthogon, Spyre, Trevi, Ultralight, Vaxart.
Pulnovo Medical Ltd. secured $100 million in a financing round led by Medtronic plc for its pulmonary artery denervation system to treat pulmonary hypertension.
Xuanzhu Biopharmaceutical Co. Ltd. reported positive data from a local phase III study of dirozalkib (Xuan Fei Ning), an ALK inhibitor approved in China to treat patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer.
Following its 2022 debut on Shanghai’s STAR Market, Mabwell (Shanghai) Bioscience Co. Ltd. is aiming to raise up to HK$1.44 billion (US$184.78 million) in an IPO on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange to advance its Nectin4-targeting antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) 9MW-2821 (bulumtatug fuvedotin).
Biopharma and med-tech companies raising money in public or private financings, including: Achieve Life Sciences, Acurx, Adlai, Meiragtx, Onward, Pamdx.
Kailera Therapeutics Inc.’s “obesity-first” approach continues to resonate with investors, with the company pricing an upsized IPO, offering 39 million shares at $16 apiece for gross proceeds of $625 million. Full exercise of the underwriters’ option could add another $93.8 million, bringing the total to nearly $719 million, easily topping Sana Biotechnology Inc.’s $675.6 million 2021 IPO and setting a new record for U.S. biopharma IPOs, according to BioWorld data.
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