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Swiss reproductive and women’s health medicines specialist ReproNovo today announced the successful closing of a $65 million Series A financing round, which will be used to advance its pipeline of multiple Phase II programs. 21 May 2025
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North Carolina, USA-based vTv Therapeutics has announced that screening has been reinitiated in the company’s CATT1 Phase III trial investigating cadisegliatin as an adjunctive treatment of type 1 diabetes (T1D). 21 May 2025
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US biotechs Protagenic Therapeutics and Phytanix Bio have entered into a definitive share exchange agreement pursuant to which the two entities will combine in an all-stock transaction. 21 May 2025
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UK-based Juvenescence, a clinical stage AI-enabled biotech company, has secured a total of $76 million in the first-close of a Series B-1 round, led by cornerstone investor M42, with follow-on investments from existing investors. 21 May 2025
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Shares in Prime Medicine, a US biotech seeking to develop one-time curative genetic therapies, closed 16% lower Monday. 20 May 2025
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Cambridge, USA-based Apnimed today announced positive top-line results from its pivotal Phase III SynAIRgy clinical trial evaluating the efficacy and safety of its lead candidate AD109 (aroxybutynin 2.5mg/atomoxetine 75mg) in adults living with mild, moderate and severe OSA, and across all weight classes. 20 May 2025
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German vaccine pioneer BioNTech today revealed that its UK subsidiary has signed a grant agreement with the UK government to broaden the company’s R&D activities for innovative medicines in the UK. 20 May 2025
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Swiss gene-editing specialist CRISPR Therapeutics and San Diego, USA-based Sirius Therapeutics, which is developing innovative small interfering RNA (siRNA) therapies, announced a strategic partnership to develop and commercialize siRNA therapies. 20 May 2025
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Genetic medicines company Arbor Biotechnologies has announced the appointment of Don Haut as chief business officer. 19 May 2025
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Cambridge, UK-based CellCentric today announced the completion of a $120 million Series C funding round. 19 May 2025
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US human genetics biotech 23andMe today revealed it has entered into a definitive agreement for the sale of the company to Regeneron Pharmaceutical, whose shares climbed 2% following the announcement 19 May 2025
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USA-based rare disease company Applied Therapeutics saw its shares rise nearly 23% to $0.60 on Friday, ahead of a planned presentation on its lead candidate, govorestat, at the Peripheral Nerve Society (PNS) 2025 Annual Meeting, being held May 17-20 in Edinburgh, Scotland. 19 May 2025
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California’s BioMarin Pharmaceutical is to acquire Inozyme Pharma or $4 per share in an all-cash transaction for a total consideration of approximately $270 million. 16 May 2025
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Telomir Pharmaceuticals, a US age-reversal science-based biotech, has identified Telomir-Ag2 as a novel drug candidate for the treatment of bacterial infections, including those caused by drug-resistant pathogens. 16 May 2025
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US biopharma Biohaven has been told by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that the agency is extending the PDUFA date for the company’s troriluzole new drug application (NDA) for the treatment of spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA) by three months. 16 May 2025
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Pathos AI, a US biotech specializing in artificial intelligence for cancer drug development, has raised $365 million in a series D financing round, lifting its valuation to about $1.6 billion. The company, based in Boston, plans to use the funds to advance its clinical-stage pipeline and further develop its proprietary AI foundation model for oncology. 16 May 2025
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US clinical-stage biotech Therini Bio yesterday revealed that it raised $39 million in a Series A extension financing, which increased the company’s Series A total to $75 million. 16 May 2025
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New York-based Pathos AI, a biotech company applying artificial intelligence (AI) to drug development, has announced a $365 million Series D financing, bringing its post-money valuation to approximately $1.6 billion. 16 May 2025
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USA-based Inozyme Pharma, a biopharma developing innovative therapeutics for rare diseases that affect bone health and blood vessel function, has a new chief medical officer (CMO). 15 May 2025
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San Francisco, USA-based inflammatory disease biotech Third Harmonic Bio saw its shares rocket almost 40% to $5.09 as the company revealed an orderly exit plan. 15 April 2025
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German family-owned drug major Boehringer Ingelheim and Cue Biopharma have announced a strategic research collaboration and license agreement to develop and commercialize Cue Biopharma’s CUE-501 product candidate, a differentiated B cell depletion therapy for autoimmune diseases. 15 April 2025
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Spanish biotech Reveal Genomics has formed a strategic partnership with oncology firm Ona Therapeutics to support the clinical development of ONA-255, a novel antibody-drug conjugate designed to target therapy-resistant tumor cells in advanced solid cancers. 15 April 2025
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US gastrointestinal (GI) and rare diseases specialist Ironwood Pharmaceuticals was trading 34% lower early Monday. 14 April 2025
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Japan’s RaQualia Pharma has announced the termination of the license agreement regarding a retinoic acid receptor agonist (tamibarotene/TM-411/SY-1425, between the USA’s Syros Pharmaceuticals and TMRC Co, a consolidated subsidiary of RaQualia. 14 April 2025
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US sequencing firm PacBio is cutting jobs and reducing spending across its business as it braces for the financial impact of new global tariffs and growing uncertainty around federal research funding. 14 April 2025
Biosimilars
Shares of California-based Coherus BioSciences (Nasdaq: CHRS) rose more than 5% to $0.88 in pre-market activity today as it completed a transformative transaction. 14 April 2025
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Dutch rare diseases biotech firm ProQR Therapeutics today announced the appointment of Dr Cristina Lopez Lopez as chief medical officer (CMO). 14 April 2025
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Japanese biotech Prism BioLab has entered a strategic partnership with AI drug discovery company Elix to accelerate the development of small molecule therapies for difficult-to-treat diseases. 14 April 2025
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Australian biotech Opthea is cutting around two-thirds of its workforce, as the company moves to curb spending following the collapse of its lead program for age-related macular degeneration (AMD). 11 April 2025
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US biotech Imbria Pharmaceuticals has raised $57.5 million in a series B financing round to fund a new mid-stage trial of its only pipeline drug, ninerafaxstat, for a form of heart muscle disease with limited treatment options. 11 April 2025
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US clinical-stage biotech Imbria Pharmaceuticals, which is focused on cardiometabolic diseases with high unmet need, says it has closed a $57.5 million Seres B financing. 10 April 2025
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US biotech ImmunityBio has secured $75 million through a direct offering with a single institutional investor, according to a statement released Tuesday. 10 April 2025
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Solu Therapeutics, a US biotech developing therapies to eliminate disease-driving cells in cancer, immunology and other therapeutic areas, has announced the successful completion of a $41 million Series A financing. 10 April 2025
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Privately-held Finland-based Valo Therapeutics (ValoTx), an immunotherapy company developing novel, adaptable treatments for cancer, today announced the appointment of Marcella Origgi as its chief executive (CEO) of its Helsinki headquarters and Naples, Italy, subsidiary. 9 April 2025
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US biotech Annovis Bio has reported encouraging findings for its experimental therapy buntanetap in a subgroup of patients with early-stage Parkinson’s disease and mild dementia. 9 April 2025
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Swiss biopharma Idorsia has received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration for an updated label on its hypertension drug Tryvio (aprocitentan), removing the previous Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy requirement. 9 April 2025
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Cambridge, USA-based Merida Bioscienes, a biotechnology company pioneering a new class of precision therapeutics designed to selectively and durably eliminate the pathogenic antibody drivers of multiple serious autoimmune and allergic diseases, has announced its launch alongside a $121million financing. 9 April 2025
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Shares of USA and UK-based KalVista Pharmaceuticals fell 4% to $11.04 yesterday, despite the company revealing it has signed a licensing deal for the commercialization rights in Japan to Kaken Pharmaceutical for sebetralstat, an investigational, oral on-demand treatment for hereditary angioedema (HAE). 9 April 2025
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