NuCana's R&D On Agents For Drug-Resistant Cancers Gets IPO Boost

The UK biotech plans to move its early clinical-stage anticancers, designed to improve the efficacy and tolerability of established agents, through its R&D pipeline with the proceeds of its recent US IPO.

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Edinburgh, where NuCana is based. • Source: Shutterstock

The share price of Edinburgh, UK-based NuCana plc rose sharply on NASDAQ on Oct. 2, the day the biotech closed its initial public offering that raised a hefty $114m (£75m).

The Scottish biopharmaceutical company, previously known as NuCana BioMed Ltd., expects to use the proceeds of the IPO to "reach key milestones" in its clinical-stage anticancer development plans and in associated CMC and manufacturing activities, NuCana CEO Hugh Griffith said

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