OncoSec Pushes IL-12 Approach Forward In PD-1 Melanoma Failures
Executive Summary
Company plans to pursue accelerated approval based on a single-arm registrational study of PD-1 failures, after reporting positive results from a Phase II study at the ASCO-SITC meeting.
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