ARTICLE | Finance
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By Paul Bonanos, Director of Biopharma Intelligence
November 23, 2024 2:09 AM UTC


EQT and Merck’s venture arm joined local Belgian investors in a round for antibody developer ABT that ranks as the fourth-largest series A for a biotech start-up in Belgium, according to BioCentury’s BCIQ database.
The €54 million ($57 million) round will allow ABT Therapeutics Inc. to develop of a pipeline of “weaponized” antibodies that incorporate targeting and killing domains. Unlike traditional antibody-drug conjugates, the company’s ATBody products deploy peptide payloads rather than chemotherapy molecules to destroy cancer cells; they can also be designed to treat autoimmune diseases…
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- Source: https://www.biocentury.com/article/654294/atb-s-54m-series-a-among-largest-ever-in-belgium