Pharmaceutical Business review

Apceth receives second round of funding for cancer therapeutic development

The cancer therapeutic based on patient’s own modified adult mesenchymal stem cells is running under the portfolio name Agenmestencel-T.

In December 2012 apceth has concluded the first round of funding through the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) for the development of Agenmestencel-T as part of the Munich Biotech Cluster initiative m4 Personalized Medicine and Targeted Therapies.

Apceth’s total approved budget for the development of Agenmestencel-T came to €4.7m within a period of less than five years between July 2010 and March 2015.