More than 240 immuno-oncology treatments in development to fight cancer

2 June 2017

The American Cancer Society estimates that in 2017 alone, there will be more than 1.6 million new cases of cancer and 600,000 cancer deaths in the USA.

With estimates like these, the need for new cancer treatments is more important than ever, and America’s biopharmaceutical companies are boldly leading the way in discovering new breakthroughs.

Trade group Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA), in partnership with the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), announced today in a new report that there are more than 240 immuno-oncology medicines and vaccines in development to treat cancer. These immuno-oncology medicines, otherwise known as immunotherapies, are novel in the way they use the body’s own immune system to fight cancer, similar to how the immune system would attack a virus or bacteria.

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