Sinopharm Capital contributed to a series A-plus round raised two months after ABM began enrolling patients for a phase 1 trial of its cancer drug candidate.

China-based oncology drug developer ABM Therapeutics has secured $20m in series A-plus funding from investors including Sinopharm Capital, an investment vehicle for pharmaceutical company Sinopharm, China Money Network has reported.

Venture capital firm China Growth Capital led a round that also featured private equity firm Panlin Capital, investment manager Kaitai Capital, VC firm Ming Bioventures and a pharmaceutical investor known as LongDAC.

Founded in 2015, ABM is developing small molecule therapeutics to treat brain cancer in addition to brain metastasis…

Robert Lavine

Robert Lavine is special features editor for Global Venturing.