A cardiovascular cell therapy player grabs $54M for a new beginning — where next-gen CAR-T approach features prominently
Before the advent of CAR-T, the term cell therapy conjured up very different images. Sure, there were cancer immunotherapies like Dendreon’s Provenge, but more common were the various flavors of stem cell therapies and cell transplantation.
None of that has gone away, even if they’ve been nudged out of the spotlight — and a little biotech has garnered $54 million (£40 million) to show that both the old and new ideas of cell (and gene) therapy can mesh together to form a special breed of platform company.
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