The Swedish radioimmunotherapy company Akiram Therapeutics, developing targeted cancer therapy, has raised SEK 68 million in a share issue led by Sciety and the network Sciety Venture Partners. The investment company Linc AB participated in the share issue with SEK 20 million. The proceeds from the financing will be used for GMP production of the…
Radiopharmaceuticals that fight cancer are on the rise and Marika Nestor is doing everything she can to contribute to their development. An antibody from her lab offers hope for a future treatment for those affected by anaplastic thyroid cancer, a currently incurable form of cancer. Read the full news item from Uppsala University here (in…
A new antibody might be the first effective treatment for Anaplastic thyroid cancer (ATC), a very aggressive cancer type with a median survival of only 4-5 month even with available treatments. The radiolabeled antibody is the result of a four-year long successful collaboration between SciLifeLab researcher Marika Nestor (Uppsala University) and the SciLifeLab Drug Discovery…