Biotech Showcase 2019: Harnessing IgE Antibodies To Tackle Solid Cancers
Executive Summary
Immuno-oncology is currently one of the hottest spaces for biotechs and so to rise above the noise companies need to be truly differentiated. Speaking on the sidelines of Biotech Showcase 2019, Tim Wilson, CEO of Cambridge, UK-based IGEM Therapeutics, tells Scrip how his company is achieving this by developing IgE antibody drugs to fight cancer, with its lead program against ovarian cancer already in Phase I testing.
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