Post-Novartis, GSK Assures Immuno-Oncology R&D Running At Full Speed
Executive Summary
Working with partners, GSK aims to have at least two new cancer immunotherapies in the clinic by mid-2015, says Axel Hoos, the former BMS exec who developed the checkpoint grandfather Yervoy.
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