LifeMine Gets Funding, Inks Discovery Alliance With GSK
Executive Summary
Deal Snapshot: The fungi-derived medicine firm signed a three-candidate discovery and development deal with GlaxoSmithKline, which also contributed to its $175m series C round.
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