Scancell Signs UK Match-Making Pact For Melanoma Vaccine

The Oxford group has linked up with the NHS Cancer Vaccine Launch Pad.

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Scancell has become the second biopharma company – after BioNTech – to join a UK government program designed to accelerate research into personalized cancer vaccines.

The Oxford-based firm has announced a partnership with the NHS Cancer Vaccine Launch Pad (CVLP), which launched in May 2024, and claims to be a world-leading match-making service for eligible cancer patients to access clinical trials

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