Financing co-led by Alpha Wave and YK Bioventures, with participation from Eli Lilly and Company, Gaorong Ventures and existing investors ARCH Venture Partners, Khosla Ventures and Future Ventures Proceeds will advance Moonwalk's lead obesity program into the clinic and accelerate a pipeline of adipose-selective RNAi medicines targeting novel biology Dr. Stephen Djedjos appointed Senior Vice President, Clinical Development Moonwalk Biosciences , a biotechnology company developing first-in-class

Weight-loss giant Eli Lilly joined Moonwalk Biosciences' latest funding round, which will be used to advance the biotech's adipose tissue–directed siRNA therapy into first-in-human studies for obesity in late 2027. In addition to the US pharma, the financing saw participation from Gaorong Ventures, ARCH Venture Partners, Khosla Ventures and Future Ventures. The oversubscribed $70-million series B was co-led by Alpha Wave Ventures and YK Bioventures. The round comes more than two and a half yea

US-based biotechnology company Superluminal Medicines has completed a $60m Series B financing round to support its research into therapies for rare genetic forms of obesity and hypothalamic obesity. The funding was led by BVF Partners, with participation from new investors Deep Track Capital and Perceptive Advisors. Existing backers included Catalio Capital Management, Cooley, Eli Lilly and Company, Gaingels, Insight Partners, Nvidia, and RA Capital Management. The company plans to use the pr

Sept. 01, 2026 -- CytoDyn Inc. (OTCQB: CYDY) ("CytoDyn" or the "Company"), a clinical-stage oncology company advancing leronlimab, a first-in-class humanized monoclonal antibody targeting the CCR5 receptor with therapeutic potential across multiple indications, including triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) and metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC), today announced that it has closed on a financing of $16.5 million in gross proceeds, with Paulson Investment Company acting as placement agent. The

Aug. 28, 2026 -- Quoin Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (NASDAQ: QNRX) (the “Company” or “Quoin”), a late clinical-stage specialty pharmaceutical company focused on rare and orphan diseases, today announced that it has entered into a securities purchase agreement with new and existing healthcare-focused institutional investors to raise up to approximately $50.0 million in gross proceeds, including initial upfront funding of approximately $30.8 million and up to an additional approximately $19.2 million upon

AusperBio Therapeutics and Ausper Biopharma have closed a Series C funding round worth $120m to support the development of new therapies for chronic hepatitis B (CHB). The round was led by an undisclosed strategic investor. New investor RA Capital Management also participated, along with existing investors that included HanKang Capital, Qiming Venture Partners and CDH Investments. With this funding, AusperBio’s total capital raised since 2024 has reached $360m. The funds are intended to furt

AusperBio Therapeutics has raised $120 million in series C funds to advance its oligonucleotide therapy for chronic hepatitis B through phase 3 testing and hopefully on to commercialization. The Bay Area biotech's lead candidate, dubbed AHB-137, is an unconjugated antisense oligonucleotide (ASO) designed to suppress production of viral hepatitis B protein, inhibit viral DNA replication and promote immune reactivation. The therapy is currently undergoing a late-stage study in China. The series

Financing supports advancement of AHB-137 toward potential commercialization, including its Phase 3 registrational program and commercialization readiness Proceeds will also accelerate AHB-171 and next-generation combination approaches designed to advance functional cure for chronic hepatitis B Series C brings AusperBio's total capital raised to $360 million since 2024 Aug. 27, 2026 -- AusperBio Therapeutics, Inc. and Ausper Biopharma Co., Ltd. (collectively "AusperBio" or the "Company"), a n

The capital raise supports ongoing Phase 2b/3 clinical trial for prevention of bronchopulmonary dysplasia and associated CMC and analytical activities Approximately 94% of existing investors participated in the Series E-2 round Interim analysis completing the Phase 2b portion of the trial expected by the end of Q2 2027 Aug. 25, 2026 -- Airway Therapeutics, Inc., a late-stage clinical biopharmaceutical company developing novel biologic therapies for respiratory, inflammatory, and infectious dise

Shape Memory Medical Inc., developer of proprietary shape memory polymer technology for endovascular embolization, today announced the closing of a $10 million convertible note financing led by new investor August Global Partners (AGP), joined by fellow new investor Taiwania Capital. The financing provides capital to support continued clinical development of the company’s aortic portfolio, including patient follow-up and data collection in the AAA-SHAPE Pivotal Trial, and advancement of the FLA