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NKGen Biotech Chairman & CEO Paul Y. Song, M.D., Personally Invests $2.65 Million Cash to Accelerate Phase 2 Clinical Trial and Fulfill Financial Reporting Obligations
New funding from Dr. Song augments $3.0 million in funding advances from AlpineBrook Capital in 2025 above and beyond the $5.5 million proceeds and additional $4 million commitments in previously-disclosed AlpineBrook convertible notes. SANTA ANA, Calif., May 08, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NKGen Biotech, Inc. (OTC: NKGN) (“NKGen” or the “Company”), a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on the development and commercialization of innovative autologous and allogeneic natural killer (“NK”) c
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