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South Korean biotech Illimis Therapeutics has raised 58 billion won ($42 million) in a series B round to advance its GAIA platform into the preclinical stage and expand its drug development programs targeting Alzheimer’s disease and immune disorders. 14 July 2025
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Zephyrm Bioscience, a Cayman Islands-based biotech, has filed for an initial public offering (IPO) in Hong Kong, seeking to raise additional capital to advance its cell therapy pipeline. 9 October 2024
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US clinical-stage biotech OnKure Therapeutics has announced the completion of its previously announced merger with Reneo Pharmaceuticals. 8 October 2024
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Daejeon-based Orum Therapeutics, a specialist in degrader-antibody conjugates (DAC), has filed for an initial public offering (IPO) on South Korea's Kosdaq market. 7 October 2024
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Cambridge, USA-based biotech Judo Bio has announced the company’s launch and $100 million in initial financing, including seed financing and Series A. 7 October 2024
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Paris-based asset manager Kurma Partners has raised 140 million euros ($154 million), successfully completing the first closing of Biofund IV 4 October 2024
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Caliway Biopharmaceuticals has successfully completed its initial public offering, raising NT$6.4 billion ($206 million), the largest IPO in Taiwan's biotech industry to date. 3 October 2024
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US biotech Triveni Bio has announced a $115 million Series B to support pipeline expansion. 3 October 2024
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Shares of UK drug developer Hemogenyx Pharmaceuticals rose as much as 9% and closed up 5.9% at 1.70 pence yesterday on the news of a further investment from Prevail Partners. 3 October 2024
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UK-based biotech Resolution Therapeutics has announced the completion of a £63.5 million ($76.8 million) series B financing round led by Syncona. 3 October 2024
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UK-based biotech LoQus23 Therapeutics has closed a £35 million ($43 million) series A financing round, led by Forbion, with support from SV Health Investors' Dementia Discovery Fund and Novartis Venture Fund. 2 October 2024
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USA-based Kailera Therapeutics today announced its launch as a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on advancing a broad pipeline of next-generation therapies for the treatment of obesity and related conditions. 1 October 2024
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Boston, USA-based biotech Aktis Oncology, which is targeting alpha radiopharmaceuticals to treat a broad range of solid tumors, today announced the successful closing of an oversubscribed and upsized $175 million Series B financing. 1 October 2024
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San Diego-based start-up 858 Therapeutics has raised $50 million in a series B financing round, led by Avidity Partners. 27 September 2024
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Chicago, USA-based ARCH Venture Partners revealed it has closed the ARCH Venture Fund XIII, a venture capital fund with more than $3 billion to support the founding and growth of early-stage biotechnology companies. 27 September 2024
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USA-based biotech funder and incubator Flagship Pioneering yesterday unveiled Mirai Bio, a company pioneering the first open end-to-end platform for the biotech industry to enable the co-creation of fully optimized genetic medicines. 27 September 2024
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The UK government has released a position paper outlining its vision for Framework Programme 10 (FP10), a successor to Horizon Europe, the EU's flagship research collaboration program. 26 September 2024
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Italian biotech Genespire—which is developing off-the-shelf gene therapies for pediatric patients affected by genetic diseases—has announced the closing of a 46.6 million euros ($52 million) Series B financing. 25 September 2024
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Healthcare plan provider Centivo has raised $75 million in equity and debt financing to support its goal of offering affordable care to employees and their families. 25 September 2024
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Rare disease firm bluebird bio has announced a company-wide restructuring aimed at cutting costs by 20% and achieving quarterly cash flow break-even by the second half of 2025. 25 September 2024
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US pharma major Bristol Myers Squibb and Bain Capital announced the creation of a new independent biopharmaceutical company (NewCo) focused on developing new therapies for autoimmune diseases that address significant unmet needs of patients. 29 July 2025
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California’s MapLight Therapeutics has announced an oversubscribed $372.5 million Series D financing. 29 July 2025
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The BioIndustry Association (BIA) has published new data revealing that the UK’s life sciences sector attracted £1.23 billion ($1.66 billion) in venture capital (VC) investment in the first half of 2025, thereby putting it on track to match or surpass 2024’s total. 28 July 2025
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TCG Labs Soleil has secured another $400 million to expand its global R&D footprint and help build out its growing portfolio of single-asset biotechnology companies. The San Francisco-based venture firm said the new fund matches the size of its inaugural raise last year. 25 July 2025
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It has been a stellar week for Abivax, a French biotech developing therapeutics that harness the body’s natural regulatory mechanisms to modulate the immune response in patients with chronic inflammatory diseases. 25 July 2025
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The Trump administration has asked the US Supreme Court to allow the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to resume canceling hundreds of research grants supporting work on health equity, racial disparities, and other diversity-related public health initiatives. 25 July 2025
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Australian venture capital firm Brandon Capital has closed its largest fund to date, raising A$439 million ($296 million) for its sixth life sciences fund. The final close brings in new government support, signaling increasing national focus on growing the domestic biotech sector. 24 July 2025
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Dispatch Bio has announced its official launch, with the stated ambition of engineering a universal treatment across solid tumors, which represent approximately 90% of cancers worldwide. 23 July 2025
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Switzerland-based Pharvaris yesterday announced the pricing of an underwritten offering of: 8,250,000 of its ordinary shares at a price of $20.00 per share and to one investor, pre-funded warrants to purchase 500,000 ordinary shares at a price of $19.99 per pre-funded warrant. 23 July 2025
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Cambridge, USA-based biotech Avalyn Pharma, which developing inhaled therapies for the treatment of life-threatening pulmonary diseases, has announced the closing of an oversubscribed $100 million Series D financing. 23 July 2025
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French biotech One Biosciences has raised 15 million euros ($16 million) in series A financing to advance development of its clinical-grade single-cell tumor profiling technology. 17 July 2025
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South Korean biotech Illimis Therapeutics has raised 58 billion won ($42 million) in a series B round to advance its GAIA platform into the preclinical stage and expand its drug development programs targeting Alzheimer’s disease and immune disorders. 14 July 2025
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California-based Renasant Bio announced its launch to advance next-generation disease-modifying treatments for autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD), the leading genetic cause of end-stage renal failure. 13 July 2025
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Nuclidium, a radiopharma company developing a proprietary copper-based theranostic platform, has announced the successful closing of its Series B financing round, raising 79 million Swiss francs ($99 million). 11 July 2025
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Chinese cell therapy developer NK CellTech has raised nearly 100 million renminbi ($14 million) in an extended series A+++ round to support the clinical development of its flagship NK cell therapies and broaden its pipeline. 11 July 2025
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French biotech Ciloa is joining the race to treat type 2 diabetes and obesity, armed with 6.5 million euros ($7.6 million) in public funding and a novel take on an old metabolic target. 9 July 2025
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Radiopharmaceutical biotech Actithera today announced the close of an oversubscribed $75.5 million Series A financing round. 9 July 2025
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San Francisco, USA-based biotech Centivax, which is developing durable, universal vaccines, today announced the close of a $45 million Series A led by Steve Jurvetson’s Future Ventures, with participation from NFX, BOLD Capital, Base4, Kendall Capital Partners, Amplify Bio, and existing investors. 8 July 2025
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An Expert View from Justin Kozak, life sciences industry lead, Founder Shield. 4 July 2025
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US-Japan venture capital firm AN Venture Partners has wrapped up its first fund at $200 million, marking one of the largest biotech funds focused on Japan to date. The new vehicle, called AN Venture Partners I, is backed by over 20 limited partners, including Japanese drugmakers Shionogi and Otsuka Pharmaceutical. 3 July 2025
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