Biotricity Inc. received more than $240,000 in a grant from the U.S. National Heart, Blood and Lung Institute of the National Institutes of Health to launch a study of a new algorithm to be used with its Bioflux device to assess the risk of stroke in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD).
Pharmaxis Ltd. has found new funding to breathe life into a drug that looked like it might sit on the shelf for a while, but now appears to be a good candidate for tackling Parkinson’s and other neurodegenerative diseases.
Arsenal Biosciences Inc. closed on an oversubscribed $220 million series B financing so it could continue developing its programmable cell therapy research programs and its candidates for treating solid tumor malignancies. Arsenal’s lead program is AB-1015 for treating ovarian cancer.
Carbon Medtech (Shenzhen) Co. Ltd. reported that it has raised “tens of millions of yuan” from its pre-A+ round financing. This financing was jointly led by Jinding Capital and Shenzhen Small & Medium Enterprises Credit Financing Guarantee Group Co. Ltd.
Taiwan’s Brim Biotechnology Inc. announced a capital raise of $18 million to advance its lead candidate, regenerative peptide therapy BRM-421, to phase III trials for dry eye syndrome.
The University of Sydney is investing AU$478 million (US$326.5 million) to build a leading biomedical precinct to fast-track research and shorten the time between discovery and development of transformative therapies.
Investments in early stage biotech companies were in focus at the Hong Kong Stock Exchange’s (HKEX) Biotech Summit 2022. The virtual event on Sept. 1 saw discussions centered on this investment trend for younger biotech firms, which looks to be where capital is headed in the sector after a cooldown for listings in Chinese stock markets in the first half of 2022.
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