Kedrion Biopharma Acquisition, Valuation, Funding & Investors

Dewpoint Therapeutics is a Boston, Massachusetts-headquartered biotechnology company founded in 2018 modulating biomolecular condensates for diseases like ALS and cancer. The Condensate Dialysis platform screens compounds disrupting pathological condensates using AI-driven imaging, with lead candidates targeting FUS protein aggregates entering Phase 1 trials in 2023.

Biocytogen is a biotechnology company offering end-to-end antibody discovery platforms using gene-edited RenMab mice and B-cell screening. Its services span humanized animal model creation, hybridoma sequencing, and bispecific antibody engineering for oncology and immunology targets. Headquartered in Beijing with US facilities in Wakefield, Massachusetts, Biocytogen partners with over 100 global pharmas including Takeda and Novartis, delivering candidates like fully human antibodies validated in cynomolgus models.

Starna Therapeutics is a biotechnology company specializing in mRNA therapeutics through its proprietary RNA and organ-selective delivery platform protected by independent intellectual property. The firm advances a diverse R&D pipeline targeting infectious disease vaccines and tumor immunotherapy applications. Headquartered in Shanghai, China, Starna focuses on innovative drug development to address unmet medical needs in virology and oncology.

Angiocrine Bioscience is a New York-based biotechnology firm advancing stem cell expansion technologies. Its endothelial cell platform mimics the vascular niche to amplify hematopoietic stem cells ex vivo without serum or cytokines. Applications span regenerative medicine, cell therapies for blood disorders, and tissue engineering in human and mouse models.

ZSPepLib is a peptide drug discovery platform company established in January 2017 and based in Zhuzhou, Hunan province, China. The firm specializes in large-scale peptide libraries for lead compound screening, custom peptide synthesis, and R&D services targeting therapeutic development in oncology and metabolic diseases.

Chabiotech Co Ltd is engaged in the manufacturing of biological products.

Juvenescence is a British Virgin Islands-registered investment firm targeting therapies for human longevity and age-related diseases. The company has launched subsidiaries like Juvenescence Therapeutics and supports pipeline assets in metabolic health, neurodegeneration, and regeneration. Backed by partnerships with institutions such as the Buck Institute for Research on Aging, Juvenescence in-licenses compounds from academia to develop drugs extending healthspan.

Ollin Biosciences is an Austin, Texas-based clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company that acquires and develops bispecific antibody therapies for vision-threatening eye diseases rather than pursuing in-house drug discovery. Its lead candidate, OLN324, is a VEGF/Ang2 bispecific antibody licensed from China's Innovent Biologics that is advancing toward Phase 3 trials for diabetic macular edema and wet age-related macular degeneration. A second program, OLN102, licensed from VelaVigo, is a TSHR/IGF-1R bispecific antibody in development for thyroid eye disease and Graves' disease.

TORL BioTherapeutics is a UK-headquartered clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing antibody-drug conjugates and monoclonal antibodies for oncology indications with high unmet needs. Its pipeline includes TORL-1-23, a next-generation ADC targeting solid tumors, advancing through Phase 1 trials. TORL employs proprietary payload-linker technologies to enhance efficacy and safety profiles. With facilities in London and partnerships in drug discovery, the firm addresses breast, lung, and other cancers through differentiated therapeutic candidates.

Crescent Biopharma Inc is a biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapeutics to treat solid tumors, led by CR-001, a proprietary anti-PD-1/anti-VEGF bispecific antibody. Crescent believes CR-001 has the potential to deliver improved clinical efficacy and safety over pembrolizumab. CR-001 is a new molecular entity designed to replicate the functional properties of ivonescimab, a cooperative bispecific anti-PD-1/anti-VEGF antibody in development by Akeso Biopharma and Summit Therapeutics that delivered improved efficacy in a head-to-head Phase 3 clinical trial versus Keytruda in non-small cell lung cancer. Crescent is advancing its second and third programs, CR-002 and CR-003, which are antibody drug conjugates (ADCs) against validated oncology targets.

Regenxbio Inc is a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on the development of gene therapy treatments. Its product candidates are designed to deliver genes to cells to address genetic defects or enable the production of therapeutic proteins. The company is developing a pipeline of investigational gene therapy treatments using its NAV Technology Platform based on adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors. Its internal research and development programs are focused on therapies for retinal, neuromuscular, and neurodegenerative diseases.

DiaMedica Therapeutics Inc is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company. The company is engaged in developing treatment for ischemic diseases with two main clinical programs focused on acute ischemic stroke (AIS) and preeclampsia (PE). Its main product candidate DM199 (rinvecalinase alfa) is a recombinant form of human tissue kallikrein-1, which is a synthetic version of the naturally occurring protease enzyme kallikrein-1 and a rhKLK1 undergoing clinical development studies in both AIS and PE. The other product candidate in the company's pipeline is DM300, its patented recombinant human ulinastatin, a broad-spectrum serine protease inhibitor, being developed as a potential therapy for severe acute pancreatitis.

SMS Pharmaceuticals makes active pharmaceutical ingredients and intermediates, including ranitidine and other generic drug ingredients, for pharma companies in India and exports. It is headquartered in Hyderabad.

LYNK Pharmaceuticals is a Hangzhou, Zhejiang-headquartered biotechnology firm founded in 2018, focused on discovering and developing novel small-molecule drugs targeting oncology, immunology, and inflammatory diseases.

Neurogene Inc is a clinical-stage biotechnology company committed to overcoming the limitations of neurological diseases into treatable conditions, by harnessing its proprietary transgene regulation technology, EXACTTM (Expression Attenuation via Construct Tuning). It is building a differentiated product portfolio of genetic medicines for rare neurological diseases with high unmet needs. The drug candidates in the company's product pipeline include NGN-401, which is in development for the treatment of Rett syndrome, using its EXACT platform, and NGN-101, a non-EXACT, conventional gene therapy development candidate for the treatment of CLN5 Batten disease, designed to deliver the CLN5 gene and packaged in an AAV9 capsid.