Novartis/Penn To Research Chimeric Antigen Receptor Immunotherapies
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
The Anglo/Swiss pharma will work with University of Pennsylvania researchers to discover, develop and commercialize CAR immunotherapy drugs for cancer, while also establishing a joint R&D facility at the Philadelphia campus.
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