Gene therapy’s one-and-done mindset proved “a boon and a bane,” said Avak Kahvejian, general partner at Flagship Pioneering. “You have one shot to get it right, is what that really means,” and his firm founded Ring Therapeutics Inc. to design redosable drugs in the space.
Biopharmas raising money in public or private financings, including: Angelini, Aristea, Azurrx, Caribou, Cybin, DA32, Deep Genomics, Idorsia, Intelgenx, Mink.
Financing is the fuel that drives growth in the biopharma sector, and participants at the BIO Asia-Taiwan Conference 2021 this week discussed different financing strategies for companies in the currently booming market.
Hongyun Biotech Co. Ltd. raised ¥100 million (US$15.5 million) in a series B round to move its new generation EGFR inhibitor, RC-01, to the IND stage in China and the U.S. for non-small-cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC). The plan is to finish the IND filing by the end of this year and start the trial in 2022.
Med-tech firms raising money in public or private financings, including: Acutus Medical, Elos Medtech, EM Intressenter, Microport, Signifier Medical Technologies.
LONDON – Artios Ltd. has closed a $153 million series C, positioning it to intensify clinical development of its two lead programs, whilst applying its DNA damage response platform to exploit the full spectrum of vulnerabilities presented by inhibition of DNA damage repair enzymes.
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