The EU is on track to get its first vaccine for preventing the disease caused by chikungunya virus. Thirteen other products have also been recommended for pan-EU approval. 

Motif’s “pea-sized” Digitally programmable Over-brain Therapeutic (DOT) requires 20 minutes to implant and can be activated at home with a wearable to “lift the fog” for people with depression. Motif CEO Jacob Robinson believes data captured by brain-computer interfaces and continuous monitoring will eventually be able to identify key biomarkers that enable psychiatrists to head off mental health crises.

Private Company Edition: After US-based Alumis and Sionna raised $259m and $182m, respectively, in series C rounds, Tubulis in Munich, Germany brought in €128m ($138.8m) in series B2 cash, while Rakuten – with offices in the US, Europe and Asia – closed a $119m series E round.

Public Company Edition: CG Oncology grossed $380m in the first biopharma IPO in the US in 2024. Follow-on offerings have been robust recently, with Edgewise and Immatics grossing $240m and $175m, respectively.