Dec. 18, 2024 -- Tessera Therapeutics, a biotechnology company pioneering a new approach to genome engineering through the development of its Gene Writing™ and delivery platforms, announced today that it has entered into an agreement with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to jointly fund the company’s in vivo program for sickle cell disease (SCD). The funding includes an initial investment, with potential total investment of up to $50 million, from the Gates Foundation intended to support the

Dec. 02, 2024 -- Serina Therapeutics, Inc. (“Serina”) (NYSE American: SER), a clinical-stage biotechnology company, today announced a $10 million equity financing with strategic shareholder JuvVentures (UK) Limited. The transaction provides Serina with funding to continue advancing SER-252 (POZ-apomorphine), enabled by its proprietary POZ Platform™ drug optimization technology, into a Phase 1 clinical trial in advanced Parkinson's disease patients in the second half of 2025. Under the terms o

Financing led by Frazier Life Sciences with participation from new investors including Vivo Capital, Janus Henderson Investors, Deep Track Capital, Paradigm BioCapital Advisors and Columbia Threadneedle Nov. 26, 2024 -- 35Pharma, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing TGF-beta superfamily therapeutics, today announced the closing of an oversubscribed $53 million Series C financing. The company plans to use the proceeds to advance its pipeline of Activin and GDF inhibitors, HS135

Klothea Bio Secures Funding from Longevitytech.fund as a lead investor to Pioneer Breakthrough Treatments for Metabolic Syndrome and several Aging-Associated DiseasesMIAMI, Nov. 25, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Advantage Therapeutics Inc., a leader in developing therapies targeting age-related diseases, announced today the formation of its new subsidiary, Klothea Bio, Inc., which will focus exclusively on the research and development of Klotho-based therapies to prevent and treat various age-assoc

- Phase 1 study and Investigator Initiated Trial evaluating KL003 for patients with beta thalassemia demonstrated an encouraging efficacy signal and favorable safety profile – - Manufacturing costs for KL003 are significantly reduced compared to currently approved gene therapies - - Phase 2 pivotal study for KL003 in beta thalassemia expected to start in 2025 - Nov. 25, 2024 -- Kanglin Biotechnology (Hangzhou) Co., Ltd, an innovative biotech company developing the next generation of gene thera

Nov. 21, 2024 -- DANNCE.AI raised $2.6 million in pre-seed funding led by LDV Capital, following initial investment from Glasswing Ventures, with participation from The Leo Lion Company, Duke Capital Partners, and Merck Digital Sciences Studio. DANNCE.AI is bringing to market DANNCE, a novel phenotyping platform to digitize the clinical assessments used by doctors and therapeutic developers to quantify movement. DANNCE is a new approach to the clinical exam that ingests videos of patients and a

Nov. 11, 2024 -- AdipoPharma, a biotech company headquartered in France with offices in the US and Belgium developing a novel and promising Type 2 diabetes drug, announced today that it has successfully secured the funding needed to begin Phase 1 clinical trials. The company is slated to begin clinical trials in the U.S. in mid-2025. This crucial funding will enable AdipoPharma to accelerate its clinical development, marking a major milestone in the journey toward bringing a first-in-class com

Oct. 29, 2024 -- Pathos AI, a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on re-engineering drug development through artificial intelligence, today announced the closing of an oversubscribed $62M Series C funding round. The Series C financing round was led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA) with participation from Revolution Growth and other existing insiders. This new capital infusion will enable Pathos to expand its team of world-class scientists and engineers, accelerate the development of

Oct. 22, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- RespiriNTM Programme allows BioVersys’ NTM project to access up to €2 million of non-dilutive funding BioVersys taps into key expertise of the established RespiriNTM consortium members and will lead development of its candidates through preclinical and clinical studies BioVersys’ NTM candidates are derived from the company’s proprietary Ansamycin Chemistry platform and are being developed to address difficult-to-treat Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) and Myco

-- IkT-001Pro to be developed as a New Molecular Entity as the first oral, potentially disease-modifying treatment for a rapidly fatal disease primarily afflicting women between the ages of 30 and 60 -- Oct. 21, 2024 -- Inhibikase Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: IKT) (“Inhibikase” or “Company”), a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company developing protein kinase inhibitor therapeutics to modify the course of Cardiopulmonary and Neurodegenerative disease through Abelson Tyrosine Kinase inhibition, tod