The center is partnering with Obsidian to make autologous TILs work better after being infused back into patients by using IL-15, which may be less toxic than the high-dose IL-2 currently used.

Germany’s Merck KGaA rapidly expanded its life sciences services business to support the manufacture of COVID-19 vaccines during 2020, and also expects cancer and multiple sclerosis products to fuel its sales growth in coming years.

With $250m in series A funding, Cambridge, MA-based Centessa is looking to upend traditional biopharma R&D models. The new company was created through the merger of 10 private biotechs, which will sit under the Centessa umbrella as subsidiaries.

In an interview with Scrip, CEO Saurabh Saha elaborates on the first-of-its-kind R&D model.