Arcellx, a Gaithersburg, Md.-based clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company advancing a pipeline of adaptive and controllable cell therapies, raised $115m in Series C financing.
The round was co-led by Samsara BioCapital and CAM Capital, joined by new investors Adage, Asymmetry, CaaS Capital, Cambrian Bio, Sixty Degree, Soleus Capital, Surveyor Capital (a Citadel company), Suvretta, and Terra Magnum Capital Partners, and existing investors NEA, Novo Holdings, SR One, Takeda Ventures, LG Tech, and Clough Capital.
The company intends to use the funds to develop CART-ddBCMA, a BCMA-specific CAR-modified T-cell therapy currently in Phase 1 and anticipated to begin a pivotal trial in 2022, and initiate clinical trials evaluating ACLX-001 and ACLX-002, cell therapies derived from its controllable ARC-SparX platform, in multiple myeloma (MM) and acute myelogenous leukemia (AML), respectively.
Led by Rami Elghandour, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Arcellx is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing adaptive and controllable cell therapies for the treatment of patients with cancer and autoimmune diseases.
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15/04/2021