Biotech firm raises $16M, advances cancer treatment

Morphogenesis Inc., led by Kiran Patel, focuses on cell and gene therapy.

  • By Business Observer Staff
  • | 1:47 p.m. May 3, 2018
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Kiran Patel. Photo by Mark Wemple.
Kiran Patel. Photo by Mark Wemple.
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TAMPA — Morphogenesis Inc., a Tampa-based immunotherapy company, closed a $16 million Series A investment round led by prominent Tampa Bay area investor and philanthropist Kiran Patel and KP Biotech Group, a company managed by Patel.

According to a press release, Patel was also elected chairman of the board of Morphogenesis.  

 

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