
2012 represents a period with robust news flow for emerging immuno-oncology companies
February 7, 2012
MD Becker Partners' newsletter covering the life science industry

Often overlooked, adjuvants can be an essential part of an effective vaccine and could help advance the field of cancer immunotherapy even further.

Beyond the approvals of both Provenge and Yervoy, there are a number of additional catalysts that could ignite further interest in the field of cancer immunotherapy.

On March 25, 2011, Yervoy® [ipilimumab] by Bristol-Myers Squibb became the eleventh mAb approved by the FDA for the treatment of cancer.

Traditional wisdom holds that biotechnology companies benefit from collaborations with their larger pharmaceutical peers, which can help validate a company’s technology, provide capital to help fund clinical development, and enable access to experienced clinical, regulatory and commercial infrastructure. While this was certainly true in the early days of biotechnology, the industry has now matured – [...]
Keynote address "Creating the methodological framework for cancer immunotherapy success" from MD Becker Partners' 2nd Annual Cancer Immunotherapy: A Long-Awaited Reality Conference:
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