Biopharmas raising money in public or private financings, including: Aramis, Exicure, Genenta, Global Blood, Legend, Pulmatrix, Tetra Bio-Pharma, Tetra Pharm.
Avistone Biotechnology Co. Ltd. raised more than $200 million to support its oncology drug development and the acquisition Pearl Biotechnology Co. Ltd. with the aim of creating a “fully-integrated” targeted oncology platform. Vivo Capital LLC led the financing, with participation from Bain Capital LP. and Primavera Capital Group.
Canbridge Pharmaceuticals Inc. has raised HK$604 million ($77.4 million) with a listing on the Hong Kong stock exchange, selling about 56.3 million shares (1228.HK) at HK$12.18 per share. The shares fell to HK$8.90 at the close of trading Dec. 10. Almost half the funds will support advancement of Canbridge’s lead candidate, CAN-008, a glycosylated CD95-Fc fusion protein in phase II testing for glioblastoma, while another quarter will support other major pipeline programs.
Biopharmas raising money in public or private financings, including: Ampio, Anheart, Bellus, Cargene, Deliver, Erytech, Evolus, Global Blood, Neurosense, Phosplatin, Propanc, Relmada and Zealand.
Endogena Therapeutics Inc., of San Francisco, has raised another $20 million in a series A funding round to progress a regenerative medicine that could use stem cells to “heal” the damage caused by eye disease retinitis pigmentosa (RP).