Private Company Edition: Scrip spoke with DDF US partner Jonathan Behr about the convergence of emerging science, venture capital investment and rising big pharma interest in neurodegeneration. Also, in recent VC financings HotSpot raised $100m, while Curie and Ablaze debuted with $75m each. 

Private Company Edition: Recent VC financings across biopharma sectors include three major mega-rounds as Generate Biomedicines bringing in $370m, followed by $250m for Acelyrin and $125m for Chroma Medicine. Also, Treadwell raised a $91m series B and Ncardia brought in $60m-plus.

While strong growth in China's immuno-oncology sector continued in the last quarter, the momentum appears to be slowing, affecting by multiple factors including intense competition in the sector and price cuts related to reimbursement listing, while regulatory authorities have already warned about what they see as the wasting of resources on "redundant" development activities. 

The latest drug development news and highlights from the Pink Sheet’s US FDA Performance Tracker