Total Funding
70
84
Total FundingPost-IPO Debt raised
Growth Score 70 in past quarter
-11 pts
Heat Score 84 in past quarter
23 pts
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Raised Funding Round
Jan 1, 1970
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Cantargia develops a therapy for the treatment of cancer by targeting a unique cell-surface receptor on malignant stem cells.
- Marcus Jaras: Co-Founder
- Ignacio Garcia Ribas: Chief Medical Officer
About the Company
The company is based on the original discovery that leukemic stem cells in patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) express a cell-surface receptor, whereas corresponding normal hematopoietic stem cells do not express this receptor. Stem cells from patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) has also been
shown to have and upregulation of the receptor. Cantargia uses this receptor, the Interleukin-1 receptor accessory protein (IL1RAP), as the target for development of a novel antibody-based therapy for leukemia
