Uromems SAS raised $47 million in a series C financing round for its Uroactive system, the first smart automated artificial urinary sphincter device to treat stress urinary incontinence. With the funds the company will be able to “tackle the last stage of our clinical trials before commercial launch,” Hamid Lamraoui, CEO and co-founder of Uromems, told BioWorld.

Radiopharm Theranostics Ltd. announced a AU$70 million (US$46.69 million) institutional placement, and as part of that capital raise, radiopharma company Lantheus Holdings, Inc., has agreed to make an initial equity investment of AU$7.5 million.

Exsilio Therapeutics emerged from stealth mode on June 25, 2024, with $82 million from a series A financing that was co-led by Novartis Venture Fund and Delos Capital. The company plans to use naturally occurring, mobile genetic elements to integrate therapeutic genes at a defined location in the genome, making it safer than random integration, which can cause tumor formation.

Suzhou, China-headquartered Ascentage Pharma Group Corp. Ltd. has filed plans for a confidential IPO to the U.S. SEC for a potential dual listing on both the U.S. and Hong Kong stock exchanges. News of the U.S. IPO came just a few days after Ascentage drew a $75 million equity investment from Osaka, Japan-headquartered Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. with the issuance of about 24.3 million shares at a purchase price of HK$24.09 (US$3.08) per share.

Endogenex Inc. closed an oversubscribed $88 million series C financing round to support completion of its investigational device exemption trial for the Recet system. The Recet system uses non-thermal pulsed electric fields to remodel the duodenal tissue to treat adults with type 2 diabetes.