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February 27, 2024

Pfizer Ventures leads £40.5m round in UK cancer drug discovery startup

Curve Therapeutics will use the funding to accelerate its drug candidates towards human trials and develop more options for its pipeline

UK biotech startup Curve Therapeutics has raised £40.5m in Series A financing led by Pfizer Ventures to develop its cancer drug discovery platform. 

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Kai Nicol-Schwarz

Kai Nicol-Schwarz was a senior reporter at Sifted. He covered AI and UK tech.

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