Interview: Immunocore Gets Ready To Go To Market
Executive Summary
The first molecule from its collaboration with GSK has just gone into Phase I trials but Immunocore CEO Andrew Hotchkiss tells Scrip that the UK biotech unicorn is also preparing for the launch of its own lead candidate, IMCgp100 for uveal melanoma.
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