BioNTech Extends Global Reach, Ambition With Kite’s Neoantigen T-Cell Receptor Assets
German Biotech Sets Sights On Cancer Cell Therapies
Executive Summary
The company has already expanded into Asia and shown early clinical data from its own cell therapy programs as it acquires Kite Pharma’s neoantigen TCR R&D program and manufacturing plant.
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