Deal Watch: Gilead Continues To Add To IO Armamentarium In Collaboration With Gadeta

Deal through Kite Pharma subsidiary focuses on developing gamma delta T-cell receptor therapies. Sanofi inks SHP2 cancer collaboration with Revolution, while Vical considers its strategic options.

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Scrip regularly covers business development and deal-making in the biopharmaceutical industry. Below is a roundup of some of the most noteworthy recent transactions. Deal Watch is supported by deal intelligence from Strategic Transactions.

Through its Kite Pharma Inc. subsidiary, Gilead Sciences Inc. continues to add to its critical mass in immuno-oncology,...

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