Carrick Therapeutics Lays Foundation For 'Leading Oncology Business'

With $95m in the bank from various investors – including ARCH Ventures, Woodford Investment Management, Google Ventures and drug discovery company Evotec – recently launched Carrick Therapeutics is striving to be at the forefront of oncology companies in Europe.

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Carrick Therapeutics has built a 'solid foundation' for a leading European oncology company • Source: Shutterstock/Aleks Melnik

Carrick Therapeutics Ltd., a newly formed company focused on cancer drug development, will use the majority of a recent $95m financing to advance first-in-class molecules into the clinic and to progress other in-house, clinical-stage cancer therapy candidates.

Carrick's CEO Elaine Sullivan told Scrip the company is still in stealth mode and hasn't yet provided details about its...

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