Tortugas Neuroscience and Korsana Biosciences emerged with significant funding to advance clinical-stage pipelines targeting neurological and neurodegenerative diseases. Tortugas raised $106 million, while Korsana secured $175 million to develop therapies for conditions including Alzheimer's, schizophrenia, and epilepsy.
Prothena reported Q4 and full year 2025 financial results with $308.4 million in cash as partners Roche and Novo Nordisk initiated Phase 3 trials for prasinezumab and coramitug, both expected to complete in 2029.
Prothena reported Q4 2025 adjusted loss of 45 cents per share, meeting estimates, while ending the year with $308.4 million in cash. Roche and Novo Nordisk advanced partnered programs prasinezumab and coramitug into Phase III trials.
Korsana Biosciences launched from stealth with $175 million in funding to advance KRSA-028, a monoclonal antibody targeting amyloid beta plaques in Alzheimer's disease using a blood-brain barrier shuttle technology.