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Lacerta Therapeutics

www.lacertatherapeutics.com

 
Clinical stage gene therapy company using a constellation of proprietary AAV vector technologies to develop novel treatments for central nervous system and lysosomal storage diseases
  • Number of Employees: 0-25
  • Annual Revenue: $0-1 Million

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Funding

Lacerta Therapeutics raised $30M on 08/09/2018

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