A company focused on regulating immune response through nanoparticle technology, Cour Pharmaceuticals Development Co. Inc. has raised $105 million in a series A round to move its lead autoimmune disease products into phase IIa trials.

Be it viral, nucleic acid or protein vaccines, recent efforts that led to the first regulatory approvals for not only COVID-19, but also for malaria and respiratory syncytial virus, positioned infectious diseases in the headlines for much of the last four years.