ImmPACT Raises $110m As Bispecific CAR-T Shows Promising Response Rates

Next-Gen Cell Therapy Firm Aims To Solve First-Gen Problems

ImmPACT Bio is advancing three CAR-T technology platforms that aim to address problems such as antigen escape, off-target toxicities and the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment. 

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ImmPACT raised $111m to advance its three big ideas for improving CAR-T therapies • Source: Alamy

ImmPACT Bio USA emerged from the FutuRx incubator in Israel in 2017 to develop chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T) therapies that could be effective against solid tumors. Now, with $111m in series B venture capital announced on 20 January, ImmPACT aims to build out its three separate technology platforms that are designed to solve multiple first-generation CAR-T problems.

Now based in Camarillo, CA, ImmPACT incorporated in the US in 2019, raised an $18m series A round in 2020...

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