Munich, Germany, January 13th, 2020 – German med-tech company Mecuris GmbH has successfully concluded a new funding round amounting to 3.6 million euros. In addition to the seed investors Bayern Kapital and High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), the international investment company Mulcan, life science venture capital investor Vesalius Biocapital, and Sana Kliniken AG, one of the top five hospital chains in Germany, are once again also on board.

München, 13.12.2019 – Die Bundesregierung sieht großes Potenzial im Einsatz von 3D-Druck in der Medizintechnik – insbesondere für patientenindividuelle Sonderanfertigungen von Prothesen oder Orthesen. Das geht aus der Antwort auf die kleine Anfrage der FDP-Bundestagsfraktion „Prothesen aus dem 3D-Drucker für Menschen mit Behinderungen" hervor. Trotzdem wird der industrielle 3D-Druck bisher noch nicht großflächig in der Medizintechnik eingesetzt. Die Regierung begründet das damit, dass die additive Fertigung noch nicht die Anforderungen für notwendige Zertifizierungen erfülle und noch Forschungsbedarf in der Materialfrage bestünde. Damit unterschätze sie den Entwicklungsstand des 3D-Drucks in der Medizintechnik, so das Münchener Medizintechnikunternehmen Mecuris.

Turku, Finland, December 11th 2019: Forendo Pharma, a clinical stage drug development company focusing on novel treatments in women's health, today announces signing of a License and Collaboration Agreement with Novartis. The joint research collaboration is aimed at the identification of novel drugs for the treatment of chronic liver diseases. Novartis receives a worldwide exclusive license to drug candidates generated under the collaboration.

OMEICOS strengthens management team with the appointment of biopharma business development veteran

Tonic App, the startup that developed the favourite mobile application of more than 12,000 medical doctors, has raised 3.5 million euros in a round co-led by Vesalius Biocapital Partners (Luxembourg) and Armilar Venture Partners (Portugal), joining Portugal Ventures and TheVentureCity.

Mecuris GmbH, a commercial-stage Munich-based medical technology startup focusing on the digitalization of prosthetics and orthotics, has been listed as one of the Best European MedTech Startups by Valuer. Vesalius Biocapital supports the innovative Mecuris approach since January 2019.

Turku, Finland, August 20th 2019: Forendo Pharma, a clinical stage drug development company focusing on novel treatments in women's health, today announces initiation of dosing in a Phase 1b clinical study in its lead endometriosis program with the aim to demonstrate Proof of Mechanism. The novel oral compound, FOR-6219, is a HSD17B1 inhibitor aiming to reduce estrogen production locally in the endometriosis lesions. The first women participating in the study have been dosed.

Turku, Finland, July 19th 2019: Forendo Pharma, a clinical stage drug development company focusing on novel treatments in women's health, today announces that Sunstone Life Science Ventures has made a €5 million investment in Forendo. Sunstone joins the existing international investor syndicate comprising Novo Seeds, Karolinska Development, Innovestor, Novartis Venture Fund, M Ventures and Vesalius Biocapital III. Claus Andersson, General Partner from Sunstone, joins Forendo Pharma's Board of Directors.

AMSTERDAM 18 July 2019 - DEARhealth, a health tech spin-out from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), today announced a first closing of its Series A round with Philips Health Technology Ventures, Vesalius Biocapital III and Health Innovations. DEARhealth offers Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered health pathways for chronic care. With the €6.0 ($6.8) million investment, DEARhealth will scale testing of its health technology offering to more hospitals, thus significantly enhancing Value Based Health Care. DEARhealth will also expand operations to Europe, opening their European headquarters in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Munich, 04.07.2019 - The Munich based medical technology startup Mecuris GmbH won industry expert Johannes Schneider Littfeld as Chairman of the Advisory Board. The company Mecuris offers a digital workshop for the creation and individualisation of prostheses and orthoses. After a successful startup stage, Johannes Schneider Littfeld will set the course for the future development in the growth stage of Mecuris.