BMS, Compugen Pursue Multiple Checkpoint Inhibitions In Antibody Collaboration
Executive Summary
Bristol-Myers Squibb is teaming up with Compugen to test the latter’s investigational antibody that targets a new checkpoint, PVRIG, in combination with its own antibody Opdivo. Combined inhibition of checkpoint mechanisms, such as PVRIG and TIGIT, is also on the cards for the future.
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