In August 2020, it looked like DBV Technologies SA was in considerable trouble after the U.S. FDA served it with a rejection for its Viaskin Peanut allergy patch, raising concerns efficacy could be compromised because the product wasn’t sticking to the skin well. But could the Montrouge, France-based firm be making a comeback with the epicutaneous technology?
AI-enabled drug discovery company Insilico Medicine Ltd. has raised $60 million in a series D round to support expansion of its pipeline. The Hong Kong and New York-based company will use the proceeds to support clinical testing of its lead asset, a potential treatment for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), as well as the advancement of its Pharma.AI platform.
Synklino A/S has raised €29.8 million (US$31.8 million) in a series A round to take forward SYN-002, a treatment for cytomegalovirus (CMV) infections in both donated organs and patients undergoing hematopoietic stem cell and solid organ transplants.
Ariceum Therapeutics GmbH is picking up where Ipsen SA left off and taking forward the targeted radiopharmaceutical drug satoreotide, developed by the French pharma to phase II but subsequently divested when it ditched its radiation therapy portfolio.
Philadelphia’s Mineralys Therapeutics Inc. has secured a further $118 million to develop MLS-101, a potential hypertension drug in-licensed from Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corp.
Code Biotherapeutics Inc. has raised an upsized and oversubscribed series A financing to develop programs for treating rare and genetic diseases that include Duchenne muscular dystrophy and type 1 diabetes.
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