K36 Therapeutics Announces $70M Series B Financing to Fund Clinical Proof of Concept of KTX-1001 for Treatment of Multiple Myeloma Patients with Genetic Translocation (4;14)
“We are committed to developing KTX-1001 for t(4;14) multiple myeloma patients, a large patient population with chronic disease who are relatively unresponsive to existing and emerging therapeutics,” said Terry Connolly, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer of K36 Therapeutics. “We welcome our new investors who bring extensive expertise in cancer drug development as well as company building, and we are proud of the continued commitment from of our existing investors. This financing comes at a key time for K36 as we look forward to establishing KTX-1001 clinical proof of concept in multiple dosing regimens and demonstrating the expanded opportunity for KTX-1001 in additional hematologic and solid tumor malignancies.”
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