Aprea Banks $51m Series B To Tackle 'Holy Grail' Of Oncology
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Executive Summary
Aprea AB, which is targeting the "holy grail" of anticancer research – the p53 tumor suppressor protein – and has the former head of oncology drug discovery of Bristol-Myers Squibb as its executive chair, has raised SEK 437m ($51m) in a series B financing.
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