Galecto Funnels Funding Into Phase II For Inhaled IPF Therapy
Executive Summary
Galecto Biotech recently raised €79m in a Series C funding round. Chief medical officer Richard Marshall spoke to Scrip about how it plans to invest the capital in its pipeline treatment for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
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