'Moonshot' Pilot Aims To Fast Track Cancer Immunotherapy Patents
Executive Summary
The Obama administration is offering biopharmaceutical companies and other inventors of cancer immunotherapies the opportunity to get their patent applications examined within 12 months under a special accelerated pilot program as part of the White House's $1bn National Cancer Moonshot initiative.
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