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Caixa Capital Risc's Pablo Cironi On Sanifit's Story
Executive Summary
After investing more than €23m in Sanifit, the Spanish firm being acquired by Vifor Pharma, Caixa Capital's director of life sciences investments spoke to Scrip about the venture capital firm's long-term approach.
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