Pulse Medical Imaging Technology (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. has raised more than $100 million in a series C funding round to accelerate the R&D, clinical trials and commercialization of its products. “Pulse plans to use the funds to accelerate the commercialization of its fractional flow reserve (FFR) estimating systems,” Xiaojie Lin, marketing director of Pulse, told BioWorld. FFR is a method to measure blood pressure and flow within a coronary artery to check on the possibility that the stenosis impedes oxygen delivery to the heart muscle.
Intervenn Biosciences raised $201 million in a series C financing led by new investors Softbank Group, Heritage Provider Network, Irving Investors and Highside Capital Management. The proceeds are earmarked to speed development and commercialization of Dawn, a liquid biopsy assay for immune checkpoint inhibitor prediction, and to expand the network of partnerships on the company’s artificial intelligence (AI)-driven glycoproteomics platform.
LONDON – Artios Ltd. has closed a $153 million series C, positioning it to intensify clinical development of its two lead programs, whilst applying its DNA damage response platform to exploit the full spectrum of vulnerabilities presented by inhibition of DNA damage repair enzymes.
Lunit Inc. snagged a $26 million investment from precision oncology company from Guardant Health Inc., closing its series C tranche B funding round. Lunit is planning to use the funds to develop more artificial intelligence (AI) solutions and improve existing ones.
Amylyx Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s oversubscribed, $135 million series C financing led by Viking Global Investors will help lay the groundwork for commercializing in Canada and Europe, as well as for a second phase III study in the U.S. with lead candidate AMX-0035 for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Inmagene Biopharmaceuticals Co. Ltd. has raised $100 million in a series C financing to move its IL-17 inhibitor to phase II trials in the U.S. and China.
Inmagene Biopharmaceuticals Co. Ltd. has raised $100 million in a series C financing to move its IL-17 inhibitor to phase II trials in the U.S. and China.
LONDON – Pulmocide Ltd. has closed a $92 million oversubscribed series C, providing the means to take its inhaled antifungal drug, PC-945, through a global phase III registration study in invasive pulmonary aspergillosis.
DUBLIN – Numab Therapeutics AG has moved closer to the front rank of European antibody developers by raising CHF100 million (US$111 million) in a series C financing round to accelerate the development of NM21-1480, a trispecific antibody that acts both as a PD-L1 inhibitor and 4-1BB (CD137) agonist. It also contains a human serum albumin recognition group, to extend its circulatory half-life.
Shanghai-based Elpiscience Biopharmaceuticals Co. Ltd. raised $105 million in a series C financing round to move candidates, starting with an anti-CD39 antibody, into clinical studies in the U.S. The funds will also support the company’s efforts in finding new mechanisms for cancer immunotherapy and potential partners, it said.