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Repertoire Immune Medicines and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Collaborate to Identify Novel Antigen Targets Within HPV+ Head and Neck Cancers
February 11, 2021 GMT
Anthony Coyle, Ph.D., President, Research and Development, Repertoire Immune Medicines (Photo: Business Wire)
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (BUSINESS WIRE) Feb 11, 2021
Repertoire Immune Medicines, a clinical-stage biotech company creating a new category of immune therapies for cancer, autoimmunity and infectious disease, today announced a research collaboration with Dana-Farber Cancer Institute to advance discovery and clinical development in human papillomavirus-positive (HPV+) oropharyngeal (head and neck) cancers. Through this collaboration, Dana-Farber and Repertoire aim to identify novel tumor antigen targets relevant to HPV+ head and neck tumors that will be used to inform the development of novel therapeutic candidates.
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