China's CARsgen Raises $400m In Third-Largest Biotech IPO This Year
Executive Summary
Chinese CAR-T therapy developer raises new funds to progress pipeline in over-subscribed IPO which ranks as the third-largest globally in the biotech sector to date this year.
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