MedImmune Turns To Venture Philanthropy For Cancer ImmunoRx Combination Trials
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
MedImmune and two non-profit research organizations are collaborating on clinical trials that explore the tricky world of combinations of novel cancer immunotherapies, including three MedImmune compounds in different stages of development.
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