DISEASE CATEGORY: Musculoskeletal INDICATION: Spasticity A small molecule inhibitor of fast skeletal muscle myosin isoforms could treat spasticity and muscle stiffness. The compound is a morpholine derivative of blebbistatin, a tool compound inhibitor of multiple...

Olema posts big gain after $209M IPOShares of Olema Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:OLMA) rose $30 (158%) to $49 in their first day of trading after the company raised $209 million through the sale of 11 million...

Vaxxinity aims to disrupt the biologics market with a vaccine platform that replaces mAbs for chronic disease by inducing patients’ immune systems to manufacture therapeutic antibodies in vivo. But...

Genor’s $371 million IPO on the Hong Kong stock exchange’s prerevenue chapter Wednesday caps a busy 12 months for the Shanghai cancer company during which it has rebooted its C-suite, added dry powder via a...

Public investors again showed their appetite for protein degradation companies Friday, as C4’s upsized IPO was the largest and best-received of three new NASDAQ listings.  Shares of C4 Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ:CCCC), a preclinical company based...

NIH in push to improve COVID-19 testing for underserved populationsThe National Institutes of Health has awarded about $234 million to improve COVID-19 testing for underserved and vulnerable populations via the RADx Underserved Populations program. A...

Six months after the last round of price cuts for generics and off-patent originator drugs in China’s centralized procurement program, the Chinese government has outlined plans to nearly double the number of included drug formulations....

BioNTech prices upsized financing BioNTech SE (NASDAQ:BNTX) raised $511.5 million in an upsized offering through the sale of 5.5 million ADSs at $93 per ADS. The deal, which had been slated for 5 million ADSs,...

Genor plans to establish a commercial team and take its first checkpoint inhibitor to market for a new indication after raising a $160 million series B round led by existing investor Hillhouse Capital. New investors...

DISEASE CATEGORY: Infectious disease INDICATION: Influenza virus Nanoparticles derived from phage capsids could prevent influenza infection by preventing HA-mediated viral entry. The nanoparticles comprise icosahedral bacteriophage capsid proteins conjugated to mono-ethylene glycol-linked sialic acid, which...