Finance Watch: Investment In Novel Antibacterials Gets A New Boost With Qpex Launch
Executive Summary
Repeat antibiotic entrepreneurs raised $33m to launch Qpex with assets from The Medicines Co. Also, Taiho increases VC fund to $300m and TP Therapeutics raises $80m.
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