Shenzhen Xbiome Biotech Co. Ltd., an artificial intelligence (AI)-based microbiome drugmaker, raised more than $20 million in a series B+ round, Xbiome CEO Yan Tan told BioWorld, financing that will help the company launch its phase I trial next year. It has been a year since the drugmaker closed a $14 million series B round. During this period, Tan said Xbiome submitted an IND to the FDA in October for its fecal microbiota transplant (FMT) capsule candidate, a potential treatment for graft-vs.-host disease.
HONG KONG – D3 Bio Inc. is the new kid on the biopharma block in Shanghai, kicking off with a $200 million series A financing backed by some of Asia’s most prominent venture capital firms.
HONG KONG – Hutchison China Meditech Ltd. (also known as Chi-Med) has received a $100 million equity investment from the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, which will fund ongoing research, clinical development and commercialization capabilities.
PERTH, Australia – Immutep Ltd. completed a AU$29.6 million (US$21.72 million) placement that will allow the immunotherapy company to accelerate and broaden clinical development of its immuno-oncology and autoimmune programs.
Biopharmas in Asia-Pacific raising money in public or private financings, including: CASI, D3 Bio, Emergex Vaccines, Hutchison China Meditech, Immutep, Juventas Cell Therapy, Oragenics, Qiming Venture Partners, Verona.
HONG KONG – Kira Pharmaceuticals is riding high after completing a $46 million fundraiser and appointing Frederick Beddingfield as CEO. “The $46 million comprises a series A of $18 million and a series B of $26 million, with investors Quan Capital, 6 Dimensions Capital, Qiming Venture Partners, and Sinopharm Capital participating in both rounds,” Beddingfield told BioWorld.
Biopharmas in Asia-Pacific raising money in public or private financings, including: Fountain Healthcare Partners, Inmagene, Inotrem, Kyowa Kirin, Mainstay Medical Holdings, Memo, Patrys, Priothera, Vaxil Bio.
HONG KONG – Pangyo, South Korea-based SK Biopharmaceuticals Co. Ltd. has agreed to collaborate with New York-based Lifesci Venture Partners to invest in private health care companies developing novel therapies and innovative technologies.
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