Corvus Aims To Master Adenosine Mechanisms For PD-1/L1 Failures

Emerging Company Profile: CEO Richard Miller, who co-founded Idec and Pharmacyclics, explains Corvus's approach of building a pipeline around an emerging target in cancer immunity that may be complementary to checkpoint inhibitors and other therapies.

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Corvus Pharmaceuticals CEO Richard Miller

Corvus Pharmaceuticals Inc. hopes to catch the next wave of the immuno-oncology revolution by developing drugs that can treat patients who are resistant/refractory to PD-1/L1 inhibitors, by blocking the effects of the signaling molecule adenosine.

It's impossible to overestimate the impact that checkpoint inhibitors have had in cancer treatment. In some tumor types, however, response is limited and PD-1/L1 inhibitors may only work in 20%...

Corvus Pharmaceuticals

Location: Burlingame, Calif.

R&D Focus: Immuno-oncology

Disease Areas: Cancer

Founding Date: 2014

Founders: Richard Miller, Joseph Buggy, Peter Thompson

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