Biopharma financings from January through October 2025 totaled $61.45 billion, roughly in line with the $61.04 billion raised during the same period in 2023 but down sharply from last year’s $93.83 billion.
San Francisco Bay Area researchers from UC Berkeley, UC San Francisco and Stanford University have combined their technologies to create Azalea Therapeutics Inc., a company focused on editing cells in vivo.
With strong phase II data in hand from its trial testing EVO-756 in chronic inducible urticaria (CIndU) – hives triggered by a specific cause – Evommune Inc. priced its IPO of about 9.3 million shares at $16 each, granting underwriters a 30-day option to buy as many as about 1.4 million more. Proceeds are expected to total $150 million, and shares of the firm (NYSE:EVMN) came out of the gate strong, closing Nov. 6 at $20.23, up 26%.
Neok Bio Inc. was formed earlier this year and is already on schedule to file an IND in a few months for its two bispecific antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) to treat various types of tumors.
Biopharmas raising money in public or private financings, including: Aavantgarde, BMS, Boost, Courage, Cybin, Cytodyn, Kyverna, Mind Medicine, Shuttle, Savara.