Transgene and AstraZeneca work together on virus-based cancer drugs

2 May 2019
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Strasbourg, France-based biotech firm Transgene (Euronext: TNG) has entered into a research, option and license deal with AstraZeneca (LSE: AZN) to co-develop five armed oncolytic vaccinia virus candidates.

Transgene, which is focused on the design and development of virus-based immunotherapies against cancers and infectious diseases, brings its viral platform Invir.IO to the table.

The French firm has been partnering actively in recent months, inking a deal with Tokyo-based NEC Corporation, and  another with China’s Tasly Biopharmaceuticals (600535:SHH), in 2018.

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