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iTeos Looking At A Strong Finish To 2024 After Going From Fifth To First In TIGIT

 
• By Kevin Grogan

Positive data on its anti-TIGIT antibody belrestotug meant ITeos provided one of the biggest stories at ESMO this year. CEO Michel Detheux told Scrip there was much more to come from the US-headquartered biotech founded in Belgium.

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In 2018, iTeos shifted its headquarters from Belgium to Boston

Iteos has surged through a competitive field to become the poster boy for TIGIT and a couple of readouts coming before the end of the year show that the Belgian-based firm is far from being a single-asset biotech.

That is the view of CEO Michel Detheux who spoke to Scrip after impressive interim data on its anti-TIGIT antibody...

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