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Feb 14, 2024

Latigo, running behind Vertex in non-opioid pain race, raises $135M to catch up


GSK still has a crush on oligonucleotides, sealing the deal with Elsie


Earlybird gets the €173M worm, building nest egg for European healthcare companies


Roivant's risky Hemavant bet to wind down after discontinuing ex-Eisai drug


Self-replicating RNA rabies vaccine clears early test, boosting Replicate’s plans for platform


Fierce Biotech Fundraising Tracker '24: Latigo raises $135M to chase Vertex; BioAge snags $170M

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Latigo, running behind Vertex in non-opioid pain race, raises $135M to catch up

Vertex may be the front-runner in the pursuit of a new non-opioid pain option, but one new biotech is emerging from stealth to mount a challenge with $135 million and a phase 1 clinical candidate.
 

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GSK still has a crush on oligonucleotides, sealing the deal with Elsie

Before being swayed by antibody-drug conjugates, one of GSK’s passion projects was oligonucleotides. As part of this romance, the British Big Pharma signed a research collaboration with Elsie Biotechnologies last summer and has now decided to cement the relationship on Valentine’s Day.

Earlybird gets the €173M worm, building nest egg for European healthcare companies

Earlybird Health is taking flight with 173 million euros ($186 million), a nest egg that will go toward European healthcare companies ranging from early development to late-stage tech nearing regulatory approval and commercialization.   

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Roivant's risky Hemavant bet to wind down after discontinuing ex-Eisai drug

Roivant’s Hemavant has discontinued development of its only asset, a former Eisai drug dubbed RVT-2001 that was being studied in a midstage trial for patients with myelodysplastic syndromes.

Self-replicating RNA rabies vaccine clears early test, boosting Replicate's plans for platform

Replicate Bioscience has early evidence its self-replicating RNA technology works in humans. The Apple Tree Partners biotech showed all doses of its rabies vaccine triggered protective responses, providing an initial sign of the potential of a platform with applications in infectious diseases and cancer.

Fierce Biotech Fundraising Tracker '24: Latigo raises $135M to chase Vertex; BioAge rakes in $170M

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Grifols readies US, EU approval push for blood clot treatment after phase 3 success

Grifols is readying an approval run at U.S. and European regulators on the back of a phase 3 win for its concentrated form of a blood clotting factor.

After Vifor buyout, CSL CEO sees 'dampened' outlook for the unit as hurdles mount

Even as Australia’s CSL continues to grow, the company’s ambitions for its kidney disease and iron deficiency outfit Vifor Pharma—now known as CSL Vifor—have become more muted.
 
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