Gritstone Raises $102m To Climb Cancer Vaccine Mountain
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
Just as rock climbers use gritstones to scale massive peaks, the San Francisco-based startup Gritstone Oncology raised $102m for the development of neoantigen-containing cancer vaccines that may help the immune system mount a targeted attack against tumors.
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