Germany’s Immatics Biotech Raises $46M In Series D To Complete Cancer Vaccine Development
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
With one of the largest VC-funded financings in Europe this year, the German biotech receives sufficient funds to allow it to prepare marketing submissions for its lead renal cancer vaccine.
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