EG 427 SAS has closed a €27 million (US$28.3 million) series B round, which will fund it to completion of the first clinical trial of the lead gene therapy program, opening the way for its herpes simplex viral-vectored products to be developed in a range of chronic neuro-urology disorders.
Med-tech firms raising money in public or private financings, including: Anbio Biotechnology Ltd., Approxima Srl, Atrandi Biosciences, Level Zero Health., Valencia Technologies, Vitalconnect Inc.
Fifty percent of infertility cases arise from issues with the male partner, but standard protocols often delay the first assessment of males for at least two years. Posterity Health Inc. aims to usher in a new generation of fertility care starting with its just-closed $13 million series A financing round.
Med-tech companies focusing on cardiovascular diseases or neurological conditions, women’s health or robotic surgery, will find European investors willing to deploy capital into their stories. European venture capital firms are excited about the continuing innovation and opportunities in the sector.
Perceive Pharma Inc., a spin out from Perceive Biotherapeutics Inc., has closed a $15 million series A funding round to help it advance first-in-class therapies to prevent vision loss in glaucoma, and additional undisclosed disease areas.
With Gilead Sciences Inc. stepping away from its exclusive option rights to casdatifan in treating cancer, Arcus Biosciences Inc. has decided to move on by pricing a $150 million common stock offering. Arcus said Gilead’s rights to the HIF-2a inhibitor, which just produced positive early phase data, had expired.
After withdrawing plans for an IPO last year, Orum Therapeutics Inc. made its debut on the Korea Exchange in 2025 with a ₩50 billion (US$34.7 million) raise as South Korea’s first biopharma IPO of the year.