Public Company Edition: UroGen raised $120m in a private placement of ordinary shares. Also, Verrica entered into a debt financing for up to $125m upon approval of Ycanth for molluscum contagiosum and job cuts were announced by Homology, Mersana, Infinity and others.

Real-world cases of retinal vasculitis linked with Syfovre for geographic atrophy in age-related macular degeneration may have resulted from a material used in a specific filter needle, the US firm revealed, as analysts remained optimistic on the product.

Geron’s highly anticipated telomerase inhibitor has been given a user fee date by the US Food and Drug Administration next year and will also be subject to an advisory committee meeting, despite largely positive analyst sentiment on clinical results to date.