Livsmed Inc. closed the year’s biggest Kosdaq IPO with a ₩135.85 billion (US$94 million) haul Dec. 24. Livsmed specializes in the development of hand-held multi-joint laparoscopic surgical instruments for minimally invasive procedures.
Hanx Biopharmaceuticals (Wuhan) Co., Ltd. raised HK$586 million (US$75.37 million) in its IPO on the Hong Kong Securities Exchange (HKEX:3378) on Dec. 23 to advance its clinical stage immuno-oncology pipeline.
Vyriad Inc. has announced the closing of a $25 million final tranche to its series B financing, bringing the total series B round to $85 million. This additional funding will support first-in-human testing of VV-169, Vyriad’s in vivo CAR T candidate, in patients with relapsed or treatment-refractory multiple myeloma.
Rznomics Inc. continued South Korea’s year-end biotech rally with a ₩46.35 billion (US$31.35 million) IPO Dec. 18. Proceeds will fund Seongnam-si, South Korea-based Rznomic’s pipeline of gene therapies, built on the company’s trans-splicing ribozyme RNA Replacement Enzyme technology platform.
Biopharmas in Asia-Pacific raising money in public or private financings: Allink Biotherapeutics, Orum Therapeutics, Rezubio, Syremis Therapeutics, Syneron.
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