Scorpion Nabs $108m, Biopharma Veterans For Precision Oncology 2.0
Serial Entrepreneur Gary Glick Previously Founded IFM, Lycera, FirstWave
Executive Summary
The company has assembled small molecule discovery capabilities for the development of targeted cancer drugs that it believes rivals big pharma efforts and will fulfill patients’ unmet needs.
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