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Belgian Coultreon Biopharma has raised US$125m in a big‑pharma‑backed Series A round to push its first‑in‑class SIK3 inhibitor into Phase II after an ongoing Phase I programme in autoimmune disease

CureVac has filed a federal lawsuit accusing Moderna of patent infringement over its mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine Spikevax. The German biotech claims that Moderna used its proprietary methods for stabilising messenger RNA without authorisation and is seeking monetary damages framed as royalties on Spikevax sales.

Kurma Partners has closed Biofund IV at €215 million, giving European biotech founders a meaningful new source of capital even though the vehicle came in below the €250 million target Kurma set when it launched the fund in October 2024. At first close, Kurma had raised €140 million and said Biofund IV would back 16 to 20 companies, building on the strategy it used in earlier funds.

According to the WHO, one adult in six ­globally is affected by infertility, but beyond this statistic,­ ­infertility is best understood as a couple’s problem, even when the under­lying biology sits with one partner. The way we currently ­handle infertility issues is more about bypassing biology through procedure, with in vitro fertilisation (IVF) as its backbone. But while IVF is indispensable, success rates still vary, pushing biotech to step in and find new solutions.

Belgian biopharma UCB has agreed to acquire clinical-stage biotech Neurona Therapeutics for up to US$1.15 billion, betting on a one-off cell therapy that aims to structurally repair the brains of people with drug-resistant epilepsy.