While pricing a $67.8 million registered direct offering, Icosavax Inc. also released positive top-line interim data from a phase I study of IVX-A12 against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and human metapneumovirus in older adults.
Launching with a $300 million series A financing, Renagade Therapeutics Inc. has set out to target disease on a large scale – at every point throughout the human body where disease forms – through its RNA platform designed to deliver, code, edit and insert genetic information. The round, led by founding investors MPM Bioimpact and F2 Ventures, is the largest venture capital (VC) round for a U.S.-based biopharma company this year, and it is among the top series A rounds for the industry to date.
Coherent Biopharma Co. Ltd. raised $100 million in series B and B+ financing rounds to step up its efforts to develop its bi-targeting ligand-drug conjugate (Bi-XDC) drugs and get them to market. Suzhou, China-based Coherent plans to use its newly expanded war chest to support the clinical trials of three candidates, CBP-1008, CBP-1018 and CBP-1019, as well as an IND application for CBP-8008 in China and the U.S., the company told BioWorld.
Med-tech has seen significant deal value growth during the first four months of 2023, despite a decline in the number of deals. In contrast, the value of mergers and acquisitions has experienced a notable downturn.
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