Luca Science Inc. has raised $30.3 million in an oversubscribed series B financing, enabling it to advance a mitochondria replacement therapy toward the clinic. The company is planning a phase Ib trial in myocardial infarction, in which 8 to 12 patients will receive injections of mitochondria immediately after having a heart attack.
The biotech industry in Asia is a promising market, but it still has a long way to go to narrow the gap between Asian and Western markets, according to speakers on day two of the BIO Asia-Taiwan Conference 2021.