Setting sail: Atara raises $38.5m for Amgen spin-outs
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Executive Summary
Atara Biotherapeutics raised $38.5m in a Series B venture capital round to launch its three drug development ships – the Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria – with drug candidates from Amgen for protein energy wasting associated with end-stage renal disease and ovarian cancer.
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