Asia Deal Watch: Astellas Acquires Global Rights To KaliVir Oncolytic Virus Candidate

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Astellas Pharma, Inc. acquired global research, development and commercialization rights on 7 December to KaliVir Immunotherapeutics, LLC’s lead intravenous oncolytic vaccinia virus, VET2-L2, and the two firms have also entered a research collaboration to generate a follow-on virus

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