Visterra raises $30m for infectious disease pipeline
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
Visterra raised a $30m Series B round from new and existing venture capital investors to fund clinical development of the company's pipeline of novel monoclonal antibodies to prevent and treat infectious diseases.
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