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EQT Life Sciences co-leads EUR 51 million Series B in Exciva to advance its Alzheimer's therapy into clinical Phase 2
EQT Life Sciences is pleased to announce that its LSP Dementia Fund has co-led a EUR 51 million Series B in Exciva (the "Company"), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapies for behavioral symptoms associated with AD.
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