Teitur Trophics, a startup looking to prevent the death of neurons in neurodegenerative diseases, has completed a €28m (US$29.9m) Series A financing round co-led by Sunstone Life Science Ventures and Sound Bioventures.
Spark Therapeutics, a Roche company, has officially started work on its US$575m gene therapy innovation center in West Philadelphia. The center is expected to be completed by 2026.
BrainVectis, a subsidiary of AskBio, has received clearance from the French authorities to start a Phase 1-2 clinical trial for its novel Huntington’s Disease gene therapy, BV-101.