NorthWest Biotherapeutics Inc (NWBO)

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Poor Man, as you know, NWBio moved from the NW to Bethesda, Maryland too. Cognate was founded in 2002. The DCVax-Brain clinical trials started in 2000 and 2003:

https://www.biospace.com/article/releases/northwest-biotherapeutics-long-term-phase-i-and-phase-i-ii-trial-data-continue-to-show-striking-improvement-in-survival-of-brain-cancer-patients-who-r/

I do not know the full back story. But, I do know that NWBio had to spend money early on to have Cognate dedicate clean rooms for the exclusive manufacture of DCVax-L.