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NeoPhore Enters Immuno-Oncology Fray With DNA-Repair Technology

 
• By Lucie Ellis-Taitt

Emerging company profile: UK-based NeoPhore, founded in 2017, is developing novel cancer therapies based on DNA-repair technology. The company hopes to follow on from Keytruda's success after Merck's drug won a groundbreaking FDA approval last year based on biomarkers rather than tumor location.

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NeoPhore, which launched in November 2017 with funding from Sixth Element Capital LLP, is developing first-in-class small molecules that stimulate the immune system to attack cancer; the UK-based company hopes to follow in Merck & Co. Inc.'s footsteps, targeting cancer patients with DNA mismatch repair deficiencies.

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