Asep Medical Holdings Inc. is expanding operations into China with a joint venture (JV) with Chinese medical diagnostics firm Sansure Biotech Inc., ramping up the race to commercialize sepsis diagnostics in Asia.
Launching a company based on knowledge that “the fundamental principle that most people hold to be true is off by a trillion” is a rare opportunity, said Jake Rubens, co-founder and president of Quotient Therapeutics Inc., a company that emerged from stealth this week, backed by two years of platform development and a $50 million investment from Flagship Pioneering.
Bioxodes SA has set the stage for the phase IIa study of its novel anticoagulant in the treatment of intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), after raising a €12 million (US$13 million) series A. Days before announcing the closure of the round, the first patient in the proof-of-concept study was treated, on Nov. 17, and eight of 10 sites across Belgium are geared up to take part in the trial. The aim is to develop the product, Ir-CPI, as the first injectable antithrombotic that is suitable for use within the first 72 hours of an ICH.
Medicovestor Inc. has successfully completed an oversubscribed seed financing round with the aim of advancing its antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) platforms and drug candidates.
The Charcot-Marie-Tooth Association (CMTA) has participated in a seed extension round for Armatus Bio Inc., an emerging biotechnology company that is advancing a unique gene therapy clinical candidate to target Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) type 1A.