• Kai Wucherpfennig M.D., Ph.D., Mario Suvà M.D., Ph.D., and Dane Wittrup, Ph.D. are among Scientific Founders

Boston, MA, USA, 21 November 2019:
Immunitas Therapeutics (“Immunitas”), a single cell genomics-based drug discovery company founded by Longwood Fund, today announced a $39 million Series A financing led by Leaps by Bayer and Novartis Venture Fund and joined by additional investors including Evotec, M Ventures, Alexandria Venture Investments, and other institutional investors. The company plans to use this funding to advance its first programs, monoclonal antibody therapeutics with single agent activity in preclinical models of oncology, to clinical studies.

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