Champagne Flows As CTLA-4/PD-1 Pioneers Allison And Honjo Win Nobel Prize
Executive Summary
Joint prize for MD Anderson's James Allison and Kyoto University's Tasuku Honjo for checkpoint immunotherapy reflects decades of research and billions of IO dollars for industry.
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