Cancer vax developer Kite lands $15M

 

LA-based Kite Pharma, a fledgling biotech that has set out to develop new cancer vaccine therapies, has raised $15 million in Series A venture cash. The company will use the funding to support development of its preclinical pipeline and work on its Phase I therapeutic vaccine for hepatocellular cancer. Kite release

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