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A rush for immunotherapy cancer drugs means new bedfellows – The Economist

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2017-08-03 NEWS

The Economist

A rush for immunotherapy cancer drugs means new bedfellows
The Economist
Pharma frenemies. A rush for immunotherapy cancer drugs means new bedfellows. Fierce rivals in pharma are co-operating. Aug 5th 2017. See article. Readers’ comments. The Economist welcomes your views. Please stay on topic and be respectful of other …

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2017-08-03 NEWS

The Economist

A rush for immunotherapy cancer drugs means new bedfellows
The Economist
The drug, Imfinzi, and the experimental drug tremelimumab, belong to a new category of immunotherapy medicines called “checkpoint inhibitors”. Similar drugs are made by Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS), by Merck in America and Roche, a Swiss firm.
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New Scientist

The slime mould instruments that make sweet music
New Scientist
Miranda would like to be able to “tune” the predictability of the output at will; that might be more feasible if the mechanism behind moulds’ memristance can be identified and replicated in a controlled manner using the tools of synthetic biology. All