In a major boost for the UK biotech sector, an impressive sum has been raised by Beacon Therapeutics to support its R&D activities in ophthalmic gene therapies.
After a recent series B round, Beacon Therapeutics has boosted its finances by $170m, bringing its total funding to date to $290m, as it looks to advance in the crowded field of gene therapies for the eye.
The latest financing was led by Forbion and included existing investors Syncona, Oxford Science Enterprises and the University of Oxford,...
Tarsus Pharmaceuticals is putting more sales and marketing heft behind its novel eyelid disease therapy, Xdemvy, to capitalize on a solid start in a previously untapped market.
The group has stopped further development of the IL-17A inhibitor in hidradenitis suppurativa and psoriatic arthritis, and intends to pivot to a thyroid eye disease therapy.
The company said earlier this year that it would resubmit reproxalap for US FDA approval before the end of 2024 once it completed another Phase III trial and is eyeing both acute and chronic use.
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Pipelines in bioconjugates continue to develop, from ADCs to XDCs, with radionuclide drug conjugates (RDCs) and antibody-oligonucleotide conjugates (AOCs) leading the expansion.
Interim results from the Phase III REMARK study presented at WCLC showed the Chinese company’s second-generation ALK/ROS1 inhibitor met its primary endpoint as a first-line therapy in ALK-positive advanced NSCLC.
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