Protagonist raises $40m to test oral peptides in IBD
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
Protagonist Therapeutics raised $40m in Series C venture capital to take its first oral peptide drug candidate PTG-100 into clinical trials for the treatment of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD).
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