Woebot Labs Inc. secured a $9.5 million investment from Leaps by Bayer, the impact investment arm of Bayer AG, to speed development of its artificial intelligence (AI)-enhanced behavioral health platform and digital therapeutics. The new infusion tops up Woebots fundraising, bringing its total to date to $123.5 million. The Woebot investment marks Leaps by Bayer’s first foray into mental health.
While full details of the underlying science are due to be published in a peer reviewed journal, Kither Biotech Srl has announced its closure of an €18.5 million (US$20.4 million) series B financing with which it aims to translate its approach to rare respiratory diseases into the clinic.
Targeted radiopharmaceutical specialist Precirix NV has closed an €80 million (US$87.8 million) series B financing, enabling it to complete phase II development of CAM-H2, a potential treatment for HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer and gastric cancer. The round follows initial data showing there were no dose limiting toxicities in the first cohort of patients in the phase I/II trial, and a positive review from the safety committee.
Inxmed Co. Ltd. has raised $50 million in a series B round to support clinical trials of its lead candidate, IN-10018, for the treatment of multiple cancers in both the U.S. and China. Inxmed plans to use the funds to invest in trials of IN-10018, bring more stroma-targeting candidates into clinic trials, and improve the firm’s R&D capabilities.
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