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Applied StemCell raises $19M in series D
June 7, 2016 1:02 AM UTC
Applied StemCell Inc. (Milpitas, Calif.) raised $19 million in a series D round led by HerMed Capital. Ping An Ventures, Vi Ventures and BioSciKin, a subsidiary of Simcere Pharmaceutical Group (Nanjing, China), also participated.
Applied StemCell is developing gene therapy programs in undisclosed monogenic blood diseases based on site-specific gene editing technology licensed from Stanford University. CEO Ruhong Jiang told BioCentury the company is conducting first-in-human studies in China and the U.S. ...