Glycotope raises €55m for cancer drugs improved by human glycosylation
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Executive Summary
German biotech firm Glycotope, which uses its GlycoExpress platform to improve drugs and drug candidates through "human" glycosylation, has raised €55m for the development of its two lead cancer drug candidates, PankoMab-GEX and CetuGEX. Both are in Phase IIb trials slated to complete by the end of 2016. The company's investors, which have now provided total financing in excess of €130m, are Munich-based Jossa Arznei (part of the Strüngmann group) and ELSA (Eckert Life Science Accelerator) in Berlin.
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