HOUSTON & SEATTLE, December 17, 2024–Indapta Therapeutics, Inc., a privately held clinical stage biotechnology company developing next-generation cell therapies for the treatment of cancer and autoimmune diseases, announced today it has closed a $22.5 million round of new financing to accelerate the clinical development of its differentiated allogeneic Natural Killer (NK) cell therapy. Current investors RA Capital Management, LP, Leaps by Bayer, the impact investment arm of Bayer AG, Vertex Ventures HC, Pontifax, and the Myeloma Investment Fund, the venture philanthropy subsidiary of the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation, completed the round.
“This funding will enable us to generate significant additional data in our ongoing trial of IDP-023 in cancer as well as initial data from our first trial in autoimmune disease,” said Mark Frohlich, Indapta’s CEO. “Preliminary results of IDP-023 in cancer are encouraging and we look forward to initiating our Phase 1 trial for multiple sclerosis in Q1 2025. This financing, together with our recently announced collaboration with Sanofi, highlights the promise of our differentiated platform.”
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