• By Deanna Kamienski, Beth Allan, Amanda Micklus, Steven Muntner, and Maureen Riordan
Derived from Strategic Transactions, Informa’s premium source for tracking life sciences deal activity, the Venture Funding Deals column provides a comprehensive monthly review of emerging life science companies that have received venture funding, including companies within the In Vitro Diagnostics, Medical Devices, Pharmaceuticals, and Research, Analytical Equipment and Supplies sectors. This month’s column covers deals announced December 2015 through January 2016.
Late round brings $32mm to bioTheranostics; company becomes independent
Molecular diagnostics firm bioTheranostics Inc. raised $32mm in a late-stage financing round led by MVM Life Science Partners and...
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Arvinas and Pfizer have just filed the potential first-in-class protein degrader vepdegestrant, but its diminished commercial prospects after mixed Phase III data mean Pfizer could exit.
As the patent protection clock ticks down on Merck’s flagship blockbuster Keytruda, the company is reported to be pursuing the inflammation and immunology biotech. Such a move would bulk up its sparse I&I pipeline.
Pursuing first-in-class molecular glue degraders using undruggable targets could eventually help Degron Therapeutics land sizable asset-based deals, CEO Lily Zou tells Scrip.
In this week's episode: Sanofi’s Blueprint buy; AstraZeneca’s breast cancer resistance results at ASCO; BMS and BioNTech’s big bispecific deal; Kymera’s Dupixent in a pill; and Degron’s CEO on pipeline and strategy.
LTZ Therapeutics and Beijing Sungen Biomedical are among the Chinese biotechs raising new funding, of around $40m each, based on their clinical assets with novel mechanisms of action. While fundings have risen, they remain moderate however.
