Venture Funding Deals: Generation Bio Raises $110m For Non-Viral Gene Therapies
Executive Summary
Recent venture funding for emerging biopharma companies, including CF PharmTech, Codagenix, Empirico, Epirium, Generation, Kyverna, NorthSea, VectivBio, Rig and Tarsus.
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