AstraZeneca Takes Personalized Approach To Cell Therapy With Neogene Buy
Pays $200m Upfront
Executive Summary
The UK major has been building its cell therapy portfolio for about three years internally, oncology R&D chief Susan Galbraith tells Scrip, and the purchase of Neogene and its TCR-Ts targeting neoantigens in solid cancers is a logical step.
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