Having launched a couple of years ago with over €50m, Denmark's ADCendo ApS has banked another sizeable pile of cash to advance its pipeline of antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) into the clinic.
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The Danish start-up intends to use the proceeds from a €31m series A extension financing to initiate a broad clinical program for its uPARAP antibody-drug conjugate in sarcoma.

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