Affluent Medical SA reported the imminent raising of nearly $14 million to fund development throughout 2023 of its implantable medical devices for treating urinary incontinence and heart valve pathology. Affluent, quoted on the Paris Euronext stock exchange since 2021, issued new shares accompanied by redeemable share warrants with shareholder preferential subscription rights being preserved.
Transthera Sciences Inc., a Nanjing, China-based company developing small-molecule therapies in cancer, inflammation and cardiovascular disease, raised ¥260 million (US$38 million) in a series D+ funding round to advance its first drug product.
Rhaeos Inc. scooped up $10.5 million in a series A financing round led by Steele Foundation for Hope, with participation from Creative Ventures and Lateral Capital. The funds will be used to support the hospital launch of its Flowsense wearable hydrocephalus shunt monitor.
Xeltis BV has completed a €32 million (US$34 million) series D2 round that will propel the clinical development of its electrospun polymer implants across several indications. The fully synthetic implants promise the best of both worlds, with the mechanical strength required to be fully functional from day one, and bioresorbable properties that cause gradual degradation as endogenous tissue regenerates to form a natural replacement.
Radiopharmaceutical company Fusion Pharmaceuticals Inc. is acquiring a phase II actinium-based alpha-emitter radiopharma program for prostate cancer from Radiomedix Inc.