Second generation immuno-oncology pipeline attracts industry veterans to UK biotech

9 February 2017

Oxford BioTherapeutics (OBT) has added two new names to a board now boasting significant experience in developing immuno-oncology and antibody-based therapies.

The UK biotech, which has a US base in California as well as its Oxford site, has appointed Bernd Seizinger as chairman and Jean-Pierre Bizzari as a non-executive director of its oncology-focused board of directors.

"I believe the company's broad pipeline of next generation immuno-oncology candidates against novel checkpoint targets has significant potential to produce transformative medicines"

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