Great Point Partners Makes Growth Investment in iXCells Biotechnologies
September 29, 2022
Great Point Partners, a Greenwich, CT-based healthcare-focused private investment firm, has made a growth investment in San Diego-based iXCells Biotechnologies. The capital will be used to expand iXCells' operational capacity, broaden its product and service offering (including bioanalytical capabilities) and support growth into adjacent high-growth end markets such as personalized medicine and rare disease research.
- Buyers
- Great Point Partners
- Targets
- iXCells Biotechnologies
- Industry
- Biotechnology
- Location
- California, United States
- Transaction Type
- Growth capital
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