VelosBio CEO: Series A Success Shows Investors Back His ADC Formula
Executive Summary
VelosBio's well-backed Series A funding round showed that investors believe his team has identified the right combination of cancer target, linker and payload for creating a successful novel ADC, the biotech's CEO told Scrip.
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