Evotec AG of Germany has spun out a drug discovery company called Topas Therapeutics GmbH. It is being launched with a €14m series A financing round led by VC firm Epidarex Capital, of which Eli Lilly is an investor. The round also included EMBL Ventures, Gimv and Evotec.
Evotec AG of Germany has spun out a drug discovery company called Topas Therapeutics GmbH. It is being launched with a €14m series A financing round led by VC firm Epidarex Capital, of which Eli Lilly is an investor. The round also included EMBL Ventures, Gimv and Evotec.
Topas has been built around technology licensed from the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf where it was
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