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Refocusing Tarveda On Tumor-Targeted Mini-Drug Conjugates

 
• By Mike Ward

Emerging Company Profile: Tarveda Therapeutics has refocused during the past 18 months on its Pentarin technology. The company has raised $91.8m to date, including a recent $30m Series D round, which it will use to produce human data that could make it attractive to investors or pharma partners.

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Tarveda Therapeutics Inc. has refocused its efforts during the past 18 months on Pentarins, the company’s miniaturized drug conjugates designed to target, penetrate and eradicate solid tumors and is in the process of collecting its first human data for the platform.

With $91.8m in venture capital raised to date, Tarveda President, CEO and Interim Chairman Drew Fromkin explained to Scrip’s Mike Ward in an interview at the Biotech Showcase in January...

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