CellCentric gets funding from Takeda Res Investments, et al

7 October 2007

CellCentric, a Cambridge, UK-based biotechnology company unlocking epigenetic control mechanisms, has secured further financing to advance its discovery and development activities. The funding will be used to increase target validation and small-molecule development work, as well as to support the firm's patent portfolio. Primary focus currently is on ubiquitin ligases and histone demethylases.

The first close of a two-stage funding brings in over $4.3 million from Morningside Venture Investments, Takeda Research Investment, the National Endowment for Sciences, Technology and the Arts and Providence Investment Co.

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