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Ascentage taps China VCs, raises $15.5M in series A investments

Aug. 17, 2015

SHANGHAI – Ascentage Pharma Group and its pipeline of small-molecule, apoptosis-targeted cancer agents has bagged $15.5 million in a series A round from a group of Chinese venture investors.

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