Merus (Netherlands) a preclinical-stage biopharmaceutical focused on antibody product candidates against targets in oncology, inflammation and infectious disease, closed a $30.7M Series B financing. Participants include Novartis Option Fund, Pfizer, Bay City Capital, Life Sciences Partners and Aglaia Biomedical Ventures.

Kolltan Pharmaceuticals (New Haven, CT) a development-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on monoclonal antibody oncology therapeutics, closed a $8.5M Series B financing. Participants include Celtic Therapeutics Holdings and Tichenor Ventures.

F-star Biotech (Austria) a development-stage based biopharma company focused upon an antibody design platform, with product and indication(s) to be identified, closed a $10.8M Series A financing, bringing the total round to $25.8M. Participants include MP Healthcare Venture Management, Merck Serono Ventures, Atlas Venture, Aescap Venture, Novo Ventures and TVM Capital.

arGEN-X (Netherlands) a development-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on a monoclonal antibody platform with potential indications in autoimmunity, oncology and bone disease, closed a $4.5M Series A financing, bring total round proceeds to $18.3M. Participants have included Credit Agricole Private Equity, Forbion Capital Partners, Life Science Partners, KBC Private Equity, BioGeneration Ventures, Erasmus MC Biomedical Fund, [...]

Zyngenia (Rockville, MD) a pre-clinical stage biotherapeutics company focused on multi-specific antibodies for oncology and autoimmune disorders, closed a $10M Series A financing. Particpants include New Enterprise Associates.
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Adimab (Lebanon, NH) a commercial-stage yeast-based antibody discovery and optimization platform, closed a $8.2M Series D financing. Participants include Google Ventures, OrbiMed, Borealis Ventures,Polaris Venture Partners and SV Life Sciences.
Note: 2009 Year-in-Review Trend Analysis Coming 15 Feb

Crescendo Biologics (United Kingdom) a development-stage biopharma focused on a fragment antibody technology platforms, closed a $7.3M Series A financing. Participants include Sofinnova Partners, Aitua, Avlar BioVentures and Rainbow Seed Fund.

Note: 2009 Year-in-Review Trend Analysis Coming 15 Feb.

Synageva BioPharma (Waltham, MA) a clinical-stage biopharma and developer of the Synageva Expression Platform, an integrated platform of vectors and protein production, processing and purification systems used to develop their pipeline of monoclonal antibodies, cytokines, and biosimilars, closed a $12M Series X financing bringing the total round to $45M. Participants include New Leaf Venture Partners, [...]

Virdante Pharmaceuticals (Cambridge, MA) a development-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on increasing potency of plasma-derived intravenous immune globulin for the treatment of inflammation and autoimmune disease, closed a $30M Series A financing. Participants include Thomas, McNerney & Partners, Osage Partners, Clarus Ventures, Venrock, MedImmune Ventures and Biogen Idec New Ventures.

PharmAbcine (South Korea) a development-stage biopharma company focused on the development of monoclonal antibodies for cancer and inflammatory disease, closed a $6M Series A financing. Participants include OrbiMed, Novartis Venture Fund, Green Cross, Tong Yang Venture Capital and Saehan Venture Fund.