Tag Archive for: Healthcare
Sector updates in March
Investment firms Sofinnova Partners raises $1.3B (€1.2B) to support next generation of life science and healthcare companies, spanning across the firm’s seven investment strategies. From the recent raise, Sofinnova Partners invested €165M into its Biovelocita strategy fund dedicated entirely to the creation and acceleration of biotech startups in Europe Informed Ventures launched (a GSR Ventures […]
Hot topic: The misunderstood health condition affecting millions of women
What debilitating condition affects 1.5 million women in the UK, and yet takes almost nine years on average to be diagnosed? A condition that – despite the numbers it affects – is so poorly recognised that it is often mistaken for something else, or written off as unimportant? That results in pain so bad it […]
Hot topic: The blues are costing business millions – so how can firms keep their staff happy?
Christmas is but a distant memory and spring is definitely not around the next corner. So, you probably don’t need reminding that it’s “Blue Monday” next week (January 20th) – supposedly the most depressing day of the year. For most of us, Blue Monday at least gives us an excuse to feel rotten; we drag […]
Weekly round-up: Ottimo Pharma Raises over $140 Million in Series A Financing
Ottimo Pharma, a private biotech company pioneering bifunctional medicines to extend the lives of people living with cancer, on Thursday announced the completion of a Series A financing round of over $140 million. The financing will accelerate the lead asset, Jankistomig, a first-in-class PD1/VEGFR2 bifunctional antibody for multiple solid tumour indications, in both IV and […]
