Abdera Comes Out Of Stealth With Radiopharmaceutical-Specialized Antibody Approach

The company has sought to develop antibodies purpose-built for delivering radiotherapy rather than repurposing existing antibodies for that purpose, as some other players have done.

Abdera came out of stealth with $142m in venture capital financing • Source: Shutterstock

Abdera Therapeutics Inc.’s approach for breaking into what it estimates is a $30bn market for radiopharmaceuticals centers around developing antibodies specifically designed to carry radioisotopes to a tumor, by which it hopes to avoid some of the pitfalls that previous efforts have fallen into.

The company came out of stealth mode with the 20 April announcement that it has raised $142m in combined series...

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