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Gracell nabs $85M series B for early stage CAR T platforms

Feb. 27, 2019
By Shannon Ellis
SHANGHAI – Gracell Biotechnologies Co. Ltd., of Suzhou and Shanghai, has received an $85 million endorsement from topflight venture investors active in China's biotech scene led by Singapore's Temasek with Lilly Asia Ventures, and joined by Kington Capital, King Star Capital and Chengdu Miaoji. 
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Gracell nabs $85M series B for early stage CAR T platforms

Feb. 25, 2019
By Shannon Ellis

SHANGHAI – Gracell Biotechnologies Co. Ltd., of Suzhou and Shanghai, has received an $85 million endorsement from topflight venture investors active in China's biotech scene led by Singapore's Temasek with Lilly Asia Ventures, and joined by Kington Capital, King Star Capital and Chengdu Miaoji. This is the second round of financing for Gracell; the startup received $10 million from 6 Dimensions Capital in 2017.


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Alphamab nabs $100M in series A just before China's bubble burst

Nov. 21, 2018
By Shannon Ellis
SHANGHAI – Alphamab Oncology Co. Ltd. now has more than $100 million in its coffers to push its four top antibody candidates through the clinic in China, the U.S., Japan and Australia for the next two years. The series A financing came from venture investors Advantech Capital, PAG, China Venture Capital Fund, Orbimed, Heritage Provider Network and Janchor Partners.
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Alphamab nabs $100M in series A just before China's bubble burst

Nov. 20, 2018
By Shannon Ellis
SHANGHAI – Alphamab Oncology Co. Ltd. now has more than $100 million in its coffers to push its four top antibody candidates through the clinic in China, the U.S., Japan and Australia for the next two years. The series A financing came from venture investors Advantech Capital, PAG, China Venture Capital Fund, Orbimed, Heritage Provider Network and Janchor Partners.
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China becomes hot spot for early stage trials; talent scarcity brings higher costs

Nov. 14, 2018
By Shannon Ellis
SHANGHAI – The verdict is in. The regulatory reforms that China kicked off in 2015 have opened the floodgates to an unprecedented number of early phase clinical trials being conducted in China.
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China becomes hot spot for early stage trials; talent scarcity brings higher costs

Nov. 12, 2018
By Shannon Ellis
SHANGHAI – The verdict is in. The regulatory reforms that China kicked off in 2015 have opened the floodgates to an unprecedented number of early phase clinical trials being conducted in China.
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Alphamab studies first PD-L1, CTLA-4 bispecific in Australian phase I trial

Oct. 19, 2018
By Shannon Ellis

SHANGHAI – Alphamab Oncology Co. Ltd., of Suzhou, China, has kicked off a phase I study in Australia for KN-046, a PD-L1/CTLA-4, a potentially first-in-class bispecific that combines two domain antibodies fused with IgG Fc.


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Alphamab studies first PD-L1/CLA-4 bispecific in Australian trial

Oct. 17, 2018
By Shannon Ellis
SHANGHAI – Alphamab Oncology Co. Ltd., of Suzhou, China, has kicked off a phase I study in Australia for KN-046, a PD-L1/CTLA-4, a potentially first-in-class bispecific that combines two domain antibodies fused with IgG Fc.
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Alphamab studies first PD-L1, CLA-4 bispecific in Australian phase I trial

Oct. 16, 2018
By Shannon Ellis
SHANGHAI – Alphamab Oncology Co. Ltd., of Suzhou, China, has kicked off a phase I study in Australia for KN-046, a PD-L1/CTLA-4, a potentially first-in-class bispecific that combines two domain antibodies fused with IgG Fc.
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Top pharma, banking execs flocking to pre-revenue startups in China

July 18, 2018
By Shannon Ellis
SHANGHAI – China's biotechs are benefiting from an unprecedented blood transfusion. Experienced executives from global pharma companies, and increasingly even big banks, are taking the leap to startups, leaving stable jobs behind. The incentive? Pay packages with stock options that can be worth tens of millions of dollars.
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