ImCheck’s $53m series B financing will be used to develop antibodies that activate gamma delta T-cells for use against cancer and autoimmune diseases, its CEO tells Scrip.

Thierry Laugel, managing partner of the Paris-based financiers, tells Scrip about the virtues of its 'company creation model,' giving innovative ideas time to mature rather than rushing to the market.

Emerging Company Profile: The new anticancer antibody developer ImCheck Therapeutics has set up in Marseille, France, a location that is becoming increasingly attractive to biotech start-ups that could rival more established areas in coming years.

Iterum Therapeutics and Genoa Pharmaceuticals topped the list of biopharmaceutical start-up firms closing new venture capital rounds in May with $65m and $62m, respectively, to advance drug candidates for bacterial infections and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.