Sonomind SAS raised €3 million (US$ 3.5 million) in financing for its transcranial neuromodulation system, which targets deep regions within the brain non-invasively. The funds will go towards accelerating the development of the platform, which has already proven to be safe and effective in treating patients suffering from drug-resistant depression, after only five days of treatment.

The lack of funding available for early-stage European med-tech and AI-based companies could soon see many go under as their current backers run out of capital, and new investors fail to materialize, Hubert Birner, managing partner at TVM Capital Life Science, told BioWorld.

Genfleet Therapeutics (Shanghai) Inc. debuted on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on its second attempt at an IPO, raising HK$1.819 billion (US$234 million). Genfleet’s shares (HKEX:2595) rose to HK$44.00 at the opening bell on Sept. 19 and closed at HK$42.10, about 106% higher than the listing price.

The unsettling impact that the Trump administration’s health care and tariff initiatives are having on M&A activity and financing is highlighted in a new survey of CEOs and investors, who say uncertainty related to the U.S. policy environment is the top challenge they face when it comes to executing deals.