Canaan Has Capital For Start-Ups With Eye On New Twists On Traditional Modalities In Pharma
Executive Summary
VC partner Colleen Cuffaro talked to Scrip about how the investment firm plans to direct investment in biopharma and raising capital in a challenging environment.
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