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Adendra Launched To Unlock Immunotherapy Potential Of Dendritic Cells

Another Spin-Out From London’s Crick Institute

 
• By Andrew McConaghie

Expertise in dendritic cells could help generate new targets in cancer and autoimmune disease immunotherapy.

Francis Crick Institute
London's Francis Crick Institute is proving to be fertile ground for new UK biotech spin-outs • Source: Alamy

Adendra Therapeutics, a company aimed at exploiting insights into dendritic cells to develop new cancer and autoimmune disease therapies, has been launched.

The London, UK-based biotech company has been unveiled with a $53m series A investment from ATP (Apple Tree Partners) and represents the first time the US life sciences

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