Confo Therapeutics NV has secured a 2-year €1 million (US$1.2 million) grant from Flanders Innovation & Entrepreneurship (VLAIO) to advance research and development of ultra-long-acting medicines targeting G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), including bi- and multispecific antibody formats for obesity and other metabolic and endocrine disorders.
Nilo Therapeutics Inc. has launched with a $101 million series A financing and a focus on harnessing neural circuits to restore immune homeostasis in disease.
Tessera Therapeutics Inc. has been awarded up to $41.3 million from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) as part of its EMBODY (Engineering of immune cells inside the body) program to support the development of Tessera’s in vivo CAR T therapy efforts.
Newco Trogenix Ltd. has emerged from incubation and raised £70 million (US$94.1 million) in a series A, as it prepares the ground for a U.S/U.K. clinical trial of a novel gene therapy construct in glioblastoma multiforme that is due to start at the beginning of 2026.
Biopharma financings from January through September 2025 totaled $47.1 billion, a sharp decline from 2024’s $86.7 billion during the same period and well below the highs of 2020 and 2021. The slowdown was driven largely by weaker follow-on activity, which brought in $12.9 billion compared to more than $40 billion last year.
Full-Life Technologies Ltd. announced Sept. 29 the completion of a $77 million financing, comprising $50 million in series C equity and $27 million in debt financing, which will be used to advance a portfolio of radiopharmaceuticals and radionuclide-drug conjugates worldwide.