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Alligator Snaps Back Into Shape With Cash And FDA Backing

 
• By Kevin Grogan

The Swedish biotech has held positive talks with US regulators about the Phase III design for its pancreatic cancer candidate, mitazalimab. Now it needs to pin down a partner.

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Alligator emerging as a player in the pancreatic cancer space • Source: Shutterstock

It looked like the writing was on the wall for Alligator Biosciences after the Swedish company slashed its workforce and ended its early-stage R&D activities at the end of last year but 2025 has started well for the firm and its pancreatic cancer candidate, mitazalimab.

Cash-strapped Alligator said in December that it would “adjust the size of its organization and scope of operations” to reflect...

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