Avenzo Therapeutics Announces $60 Million Series B Financing to support pipeline advancement of oncology drug candidates
“We are excited to add Longwood to our syndicate and are grateful to all of our investors for their continued partnership as we strive to develop oncology therapies that help fight cancers with high unmet medical needs,” said Athena Countouriotis, M.D., Co-founder, President and CEO of Avenzo. “Avenzo has made tremendous progress this year as we have advanced our pipeline from one to four clinical stage assets. This Series B financing enables us to build on this momentum as we continue the development of our potential best-in-class oncology programs.”
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