Charlotte Casebourne, CEO of UK biotech Theolytics, has great concerns about the future ability of health care systems to pay for novel cancer therapies. She believes oncolytic viral therapies have the potential to be much closer to the cost of a vaccine than that of a CAR-T treatment, for example. This is important for ensuring that patients all over the have access to effective drugs for cancer.
Founded in 2017, Theolytics is a preclinical-stage biotech using oncolytic viruses to combat cancer. The company is leveraging a convergence...