New funding to the tune of $8 million in series B investment moves Oncohost Ltd. a good bit closer to bringing its personalized immunotherapy prediction platform to market and key operations to the U.S.
LONDON – Remynd NV has extended its series B, raising a further €12 million and bringing the total for the round to €24 million (US$29 million). The new money will fund clinical proof-of-concept trials in the diverse indications of Alzheimer’s disease and diabetes.
The frenetic and record pace of biopharmas filing for IPOs in the U.S. continues as five more companies filed SEC paperwork, looking for gross proceeds totaling $356 million. In 2020, 106 new offerings were completed and raised $22.5 billion, which was more than double the previous record of $10.7 billion set in 2018. The race is on for a new record in 2021.
Sekar Kathiresan is building Verve Therapeutics Inc. around the concept of a one-and-done treatment for cardiovascular disease because only half of patients are disciplined enough to take a statin every day. “That’s a huge issue for durable cholesterol lowering after a heart attack,” Verve’s CEO and co-founder told BioWorld.
LONDON – A remodeled Rexgenero Ltd. has launched as an integrated cell and gene therapy specialist, following integration of a French biotech acquired last year and a commitment from the company’s two shareholders to invest £40 million (US$54 million).
Lantern Pharma Inc., a Dallas-based cancer medicines developer using a machine learning platform to accelerate its work, is raising $60 million through a public offering priced at $14 per share (NASDAQ:LTRN).
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