Alexion co-founder raises $40M for Gennao Bio

A gene therapy biotech helmed by an Alexion Pharmaceuticals co-founder has raised $40 million to develop a pipeline of drugs based on technology it licensed from Yale University.

Gennao Bio is developing drugs to treat cancer and rare monogenic skeletal muscle diseases using a cell-penetrating gene monoclonal antibody (GMAB)  platform to deliver nucleic acids into cells.

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