IDO Emerges As Clean Combo Partner, Rising Star At AACR
Executive Summary
Clean safety profile for combination of IDO inhibitors with anti-PD-1 agents in early studies presented at the American Association for Cancer Research meeting contrasts with the toxicity-laden CTLA-4/PD-1 regimen in Bristol's Phase III CheckMate 067 study.
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