Private Company Edition: In addition to Adiso, Creyon recently launched with $40m and TRexBio extended its series A by $26m to $85m total. Also, Kurma Partners raised the first €160m of a planned €250m fund to back companies transitioning from R&D to commercial operations. 

The most desirable form of vascular access for most hemodialysis patients is an arteriovenous fistula (AVF). Flow Forward believes it can expand the AVF prevalence rate to 90% with its Arteriovenous Fistula Eligibility (AFE) System, a temporary external blood pump that rapidly dilates peripheral veins prior to AVF surgery.

China-listed Jinghua Pharmaceutical has tapped into developing biologic drug through investment and licensing agreement with US-based Kadmon, shifting from a traditional Chinese medicine maker to mAbs developer. The company has seen increasing competition and revenue drops in Chinese traditional medicine industry.

With a projected worldwide market of over three million hemodialysis patients by 2020, TVA Medical Inc. sees a potential $1 billion+ annual market opportunity with everlinQ, a minimally invasive, catheter-based system that allows physicians to use an endovascular approach to create an arteriovenous fistula (AVF) for vascular access in chronic kidney patients who require ongoing hemodialysis.