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Cancer biotech Chimeric soars 50pc on debut

Yolanda Redrup
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Champagne corks are flying for investors in emerging cancer therapy company Chimeric Therapeutics, which had a stellar start to listed life, thanks to its shares soaring more than 60 per cent in opening trade.

The business has just begun a phase-one clinical trial of its CAR-T therapy for recurrent glioblastoma (brain cancer) in the US, having successfully licensed the early-stage therapy from the Los Angeles-based City of Hope cancer treatment and research centre.

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Yolanda Redrup is the editor of the AFR Rich List. She previously reported on technology, healthcare and Street Talk. Connect with Yolanda on Twitter. Email Yolanda at yolanda.redrup@afr.com

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