Wugen has worked on its platform in stealth mode while co-founders at Washington University in St. Louis tested initial product WU-NK-101 in AML. Its new funding will support company-sponsored trials. 

As Bharat Biotech prepares its COVID-19 vaccine for a launch in the quarter ending next 30 September and claims at least 60% efficacy, questions arise over why trials were not temporarily halted following a serious adverse event during Phase I and why this wasn’t disclosed to participants in subsequent studies.

Novavax aims to recruit 10,000 subjects in the UK, and will include a flu vaccination co-administration for some participants.

A review of second quarter biopharma start-up deal-making and financing activity from Strategic Transactions showed a quarter-over-quarter drop in dollars raised despite multiple mega-rounds, including $100m-plus VC deals for SpringWorks and Fusion.