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Weekly round-up: Novo Nordisk Foundation announces funding milestone, breakthrough AI results revealed

Our clients finished off January on a positive note, with some great investment news from Commit, a fundraising milestone from the Novo Nordisk Foundation, and breakthrough AI results from BrightHeart. Novo Nordisk Foundation granted DKK 10 billion (€1.35 billion) to benefit people and the planet in milestone year Following its 100th anniversary in 2024, the […]

Hot topic: Should Pharma be looking east for new assets?

“Go west, young man!”   Such was the famous advice of Horace Greeley, founder and editor of the (long defunct) New York Tribune, to an acquaintance, Josiah B. Grinnell, in the mid-19th century.  Countless individuals, businesses, and industries have since followed that advice – and gone on to strike gold.  But when it comes to where […]

2023 Novo Holdings Asia Investments Annual Review/Business Update

· Increasing momentum as we expanded our portfolio of investments, built the team and fostered new partnerships · Three new portfolio company investments and two existing portfolio company financing extensions · First ever Novo Nordisk and Novo Holdings Partnering Day focusing on Cardio Metabolic disease Copenhagen, Denmark, 3 April 2024 – Novo Holdings Asia Investments team today publishes its […]

Novo Holdings participates in $290m strategic financing of Sangon Biotech

Novo Holdings, a leading international life science investor, today announced it has participated in a $290 million (USD) strategic financing round of Sangon Biotech. Sangon is a leading provider of life science tools and services, enabling scientists across China to perform state-of-the-art research in hospitals, universities and commercial settings. Read more…