San Diego-based Biotheryx Inc. has raised $92 million in series E financing led by Farallon Capital Management to advance multiple molecular glues, proteolysis-targeting chimeras and monovalent degraders toward the clinic. Its first molecular glue program, BTX-1188, is expected to enter the clinic by the end of this year.
The U.S. FDA cleared Alivecor Inc.'s Kardia AI V2 interpretive electrocardiogram (ECG) algorithm for use in its personal ECG app and devices. Currently, the Kardia line permits consumers to take a 30-second medical grade ECG at home and instantly see whether they are exhibiting symptoms of atrial fibrillation, bradycardia, tachycardia or have normal heart rhythm.
Adagio Medical Inc., a company focused on the treatment of atrial fibrillation (AF) and ventricular tachycardia (VT), has scooped up $42.5 million in a series E equity financing. The funds are earmarked for the ongoing IDE trial of its intelligent Continuous Lesion Ablation System (iCLAS). They will also be used to accelerate the European VT CE mark study, advance the commercialization of iCLAS in CE-mark countries and further development and clinical validation of its pulsed field cryoablation technology.
PARIS – Miracor Medical SA secured a $28 million series E funding round for its Pressure-controlled Intermittent Coronary Sinus Occlusion (PiCSO) impulse system, intended for treating patients presenting with ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI). “This funding will be used to move the PiCSO clinical trial program forward, and to begin distributing our technology in Europe,” Olivier Delporte, CEO of Miracor, told BioWorld.
Improving metabolic disorders without major changes in diet and exercise is typically seen as impossible, unless bariatric surgery is involved. But that’s precisely what Fractyl Laboratories Inc. aims to do. It plans to start a pivotal trial of its duodenal mucosal resurfacing system, Revita DMR, before year end.
Sight Sciences Inc., of Menlo Park, Calif., scooped up $30 million in a series E preferred stock financing round that was led by D1 Capital Partners. The funds are earmarked to further advance clinical and operational development and support commercial expansion of the company’s Omni surgical and Tearcare systems.
BEIJING – CF Pharmtech Inc., of Suzhou, China, closed a ¥630 million (US$90 million) series E financing round to bring its inhaled respiratory drugs to global markets and replace imports with homegrown products faster.
LONDON – AM-Pharma BV has raised €116 million (US$130.7 million) in a series E round to fund phase III development of its recombinant alkaline phosphatase, Recap, in the treatment of sepsis-associated acute kidney injury (SA-AKI).
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