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Wednesday, April 24, 2024

Endeavor BioMedicines Gets $132.5M

San Diego-based biotechnology company Endeavor BioMedicine said this morning that it has raised $132.5M in the company's Series C financing. The company said the funding was led by AyurMaya, an affiliate of Matrix Capital Management, plus n...

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Thursday, March 7, 2024

Rakuten Medical Gets $119M In Series E

Rakuten medical, a company developing precision therapies for treating cancer, has raised $119M in a Series E funding round. The company said the new funding came from Hikma, a global pharmaceutical company, and Mizuho Bank and Dai-ichi Lif...

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Wednesday, February 21, 2024

Blacksmith Medicines Gets $3.3M Via NIH Funding

San Diego-based Blacksmith Medicines, a developer of biopharmaceuticals, says it has received $3.3M in funding from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Accordin...

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Wednesday, February 14, 2024

Latigo Biotherapeutics Finds $135M

Thousand Oaks-based Latigo Biotherapeutics, a biotherapeutics company developing non-opioid pain medications, says it has raised $135M in a Series A funding round. The funding was led by Westlake Village BioPartners, which originally incuba...

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Friday, February 2, 2024

Tyra Bioscienes Scores $200M In PIPE

Carlsbad-based Tyra Biosciences ,a company developing precision medicines for targeting Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor (FGFR) biology, has raised $200M in a private placement (PIPE). The publicly listed company said the funding was led b...

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Wednesday, January 17, 2024

Tr1X Gets $75M In Series A

San Diego-based biotech developer Tr1X, a company developing therapies to treat autoimmune disease, announced this morning that it has raised $75M in a Series A financing round. The funding was led by The Column Group, and also included NEV...

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Tuesday, January 16, 2024

Aspen Neuroscience Sets Regulatory head

San Diego-based Aspen Neuroscience, a biotechnology company which is developing treatments for Parkinson's disease, says it has named Ana Sousa, MSJ, as the company's Chief Regulatory Officer. Sousa has been the company's Senior Vice Presid...

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Thursday, January 4, 2024

EarlyDiagnostics Adds Co-CEO

Los Angeles-based EarlyDiagnostics announced this morning that it has appointed a new, Co-CEO to the company. According to the developer of cancer detection technology, it has appointed Gregory Critchfield as Co-CEO, effective January 1st. ...

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Wednesday, January 3, 2024

Radionetics Oncology Snags $52.5M

San Diego-based Radionetics Oncology, a company that is working on cancer treatments, said this morning that it has raised $52.5M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by Frazier Life Sciences, 5AM Ventures and DCVC Bio. According to R...

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Wednesday, December 13, 2023

Windjammer Capital Acquires Bio X Cell

Newport Beach-based private equity investor Windjammer Capital said this morning that it has acquired Bio X Cell, a producer of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs). Financial details of the deal were not announced. Windjammer said it acquired the ...

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Thursday, December 7, 2023

Kintara Therapeutics Looks For Buyer

San Diego-based Kintara Therapeutics says it is reviewing "strategic alternatives", and has hired on a financial advisor. The biopharmaceuticals company said it will "review a range of strategic alternatives focused on maximizing stockholde...

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Thursday, November 30, 2023

Bright Uro Takes $23M For Medical Devices

Irvine-based Bright Uro, a company developing medical devices to treat lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS), says it has raised $23M in a Series A financing. The funding was led by Laborie Medical Technologies, as well as others. The company...

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Friday, October 20, 2023

Debut Finds $40M In New Funding

San Diego-based Debut, which is applying synthetic biology to the fragrance industry, says it has raised $40M in a Series B funding round. The company said the funding was led by BOLD, the venture capital fund of L'Oreal. Debut says it is d...

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Friday, October 6, 2023

Amgen Completes $27.8B Acquisition Of Horizon Therapeutics

Thousand Oaks-based Amgen has completed its acquisition of Horizons Therapeutics plc. in a deal worth $27.8 billion. According to Amgen, it paid $116.50 per share in cash for horizon Therapeutics. Horizon owns a number of treatments for rar...

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Wednesday, September 20, 2023

RayzeBio Raises $358M In IPO

San Diego-based pharmaceuticals company RayzeBio said on Tuesday that it has closed on its $358M IPO, selling 19,869,240 shares of its common stock at $18.00 per share. The IPO also saw an full exercise of additional shares sold by the unde...

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Monday, September 11, 2023

ImmunityBio Gets $470M In Equity, Debt From Soon-Shiong

Culver City-based immunotherapy developer ImmunityBio has received $470M in equity and debit financing from its founder, Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, the company said this morning. According to ImmunityBio, the new capitl includes exchange of $...

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Wednesday, August 23, 2023

Rapport Therapeutics Finds $150M In Series B

San Diego- and Boston-based Rapport Therapeutics has raised $150M in a Series B funding round, the company said this morning. According to the company, the funding was led by Cormorant Asset Management, and also included Fidelity Managemen...

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Monday, July 31, 2023

Global Premier Fertility Snags Funding

Irvine-based Global Premier Fertility, a company which builds and manages fertility clinics, said it has received a new round of capital from its existing investors, along with a new, institutional funding partner. Size of the investment an...

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Monday, July 17, 2023

Westlake Village BioPartners Raises $450M Fund

Los Angeles-based Westlake Village BioPartners said this morning that it has raised a new, $450M fund, its third fund. According to the firm, the new fund brings its total raised to $1.3 billion. As part of the new fund, the firm said it ha...

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Monday, July 17, 2023

Readout AI Gets Funding For Clinical Trial Software

Los Angeles-based Readout AI has raised a pre-seed funding round, which will help it "turbocharge the biostatistical and medical writing tasks associated with clinical trials." Size of the funding was not announced. According to the company...

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Thursday, June 8, 2023

Kate Therapeutics Raises $51M

San Diego-based Kate Therapeutics has raised $51M in a Series A funding round, the company announced this morning. The funding was co-led by Westlake Village BioPartners and Versant Ventures. According to the company, it is working on next ...

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Wednesday, June 7, 2023

AHARA Picks Up $10.25M For Nutritional Recommendations

Los Angeles-based AHARA, a new startup focused on providing personalized nutrition suggestions, has raised $10.25M in a seed funding round. The funding was led by Greycroft, and also included Headline, SHAKTI, Sandy Sholl, Dr. Samuel Jampol...

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Monday, June 5, 2023

Sensydia Gets $3M In NIH Grant

Los Angeles-based Sensydia, a company working on non-invasive cardiac diagnostics, said this morning that it has received $3M in a NIH grant. According to the company, the funding came in the form of a Fast-Track Small Business grant from t...

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Thursday, May 11, 2023

Scientist.com Acquires Labs Explorer

San Diego-based Scientist.com, which operates what it calls a "preclinical research marketplace for the biopharma sector", says it has acquired a French company called Labs Explorer. According to the company, Labs explorer connects European...

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Thursday, April 27, 2023

Zura Bio Gets $80M In PIPE

San Diego-based biotechnology developer Zura Bio, a publicly traded biotech company focused on developing treatments for immune and inflammatory disorders, says it has received $80M in a financing. The company--which trades on the Nasdaq as...

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Tuesday, April 25, 2023

Adcentrx Therapeutics Raises $38M

San Diego-based Adcentrx Therapeutics, a biotech company which is focused on treatments for cancer and other diseases, has raised $38M in a Series A+ funding round. The company said the funding was led by Eight Roads Ventures, and also incl...

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Monday, April 17, 2023

Epic Sciences Finds $24M

San Diego-based Epic Sciences has raise $24M in a Series G funding, the company said last week. According to the company, the funding was co-led by Deerfield Management and Arsenal Capital Partners, and also included Blue Ox Healthcare Part...

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Tuesday, April 4, 2023

AnaBios Acquires Cell Systems

San Diego-based AnaBios said this morning that it has acquired Kirkland, Washington-based Cell Systems. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced by the company. According to AnaBios, the acquisition will further its human tissu...

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Monday, April 3, 2023

Deep 6 AI Names CTO

Pasadena-based Deep 6 AI, which is developing artificial intelligence software aimed at accelerating clinical trials, says it has named Jason Colbert as its new Chief Technology Officer. Colbert joins the company from Reveleer, where he was...

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Tuesday, March 21, 2023

Deep 6 AI Names Chief Revenue Officer

Pasadena-based Deep 6 AI, which is developing AI-powered software for clinical trials, says it has named Tim Keliher as the company's Chief Revenue Officer. Keliher was most recently Senior Vice President of Commercial Sales at TriNetX. Dee...

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