Immunitas Therapeutics Inc., a company leveraging single cell analysis to identify and validate new drug targets, has closed $58 million in series B financing led by Agent Capital. The funds will be used to advance its lead program, the CD161 inhibitor IMT-009, into the clinic for testing against both solid tumors and hematological malignancies, pending approval of a forthcoming IND filing next year.
Jnana Therapeutics Inc. closed a $50 million series B round and took the covers off its lead program, a small-molecule inhibitor of the solute carrier transporter SLC6A19, which it is prepping for clinical trials in phenylketonuria (PKU).
DUBLIN – Beckley Psytech Ltd. raised $80 million in an oversubscribed series B round to move its early stage pipeline of psychedelic therapies into the clinic and to continue research on novel compounds with enhanced properties.
The digital therapeutics market has seen an explosion of innovative products and interested investors. Regulators, too, have acknowledged their potential to improve outcomes in patients with chronic or debilitating conditions – often at lower cost and with less side effects than traditional drug therapies. To that end, the FDA has granted breakthrough device designation to Swing Therapeutics Inc. for its prescription digital therapeutic for the management of fibromyalgia.
TORONTO – A “silent epidemic” all but “ignored” by medical technology developers. That’s how Carlo Perez, founder and CEO of Swift Medical Inc., described the hesitancy of the industry to directly tackle chronic wound care through development of more advanced medical imaging and diagnostic systems. Undaunted, U.S. and Canadian investors have raised $35 million in series B funding to advance development and uptake of Swift Medical’s own AI-powered, digital wound care platform.
There’s a lot of competition in the regulatory T cells (Tregs) space and that’s a sign that something good is happening. Sonoma Biotherapeutics Inc. CEO Jeff Bluestone likened it to a typical drive leading to an everyday observation.
Zentera Therapeutics Inc. completed a $75 million series B financing round to help further its candidates in China, as it paves the way for a listing in Hong Kong next year.
Zentera Therapeutics Inc. completed a $75 million series B financing round to help further its candidates in China, as it paves the way for a listing in Hong Kong next year.
LONDON – T-knife Therapeutics GmbH closed a $110 million series B, as it advances plans for the phase I/II trial of its first fully human T-cell receptor (TCR) in the treatment of solid tumors, which is due to start later this year.