Neoantigen Cancer Vaccine Helps BioNTech Advance Oncology Ambitions
Encouraging 50% Response Rate
Executive Summary
After many years of failures and setbacks, neoantigen-targeting immunotherapies are gaining momentum, with BioNTech and Roche among the frontrunners.
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