Nektar/Bristol Deal May Shake Up Immuno-Oncology Landscape
Executive Summary
The multibillion-dollar collaboration includes 20 studies, including two pivotal trials in renal cell carcinoma and non-small cell lung cancer that will start in the middle of the year.
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