Crescendo Raises $70m In Largest European Biotech Series B Of Year
Executive Summary
Crescendo Biologics raises $70m to take its first Humabody asset into clinical trials for prostate cancer; the company’s CEO Peter Pack tells Scrip more about its diverse financiers and plans for big pharma partnering in the future.
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