Scrip's Rough Guide To IL-2: Mother Of All Cytokines
Executive Summary
Nektar Therapeutics, Alkermes and Roche are among the companies with new solutions for more safely targeting an old cytokine well validated in cancer immunotherapy. Top execs explain how and why.
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