On Mar.18, 2019, Cold Genesys, an American company developing a form of cancer immunotherapy using genetically engineered viruses, has closed a $22 million round of funding.
On Sep. 13, 2018, the German company Boehringer Ingelheim (BI) announced the acquisition of Vira Therapeutics, an oncolytic virus research and development company based in Austria.
An article entitled "PD-L1 in tumor microenvironment mediates resistance to oncolytic immunotherapy" published online in the J Clin Invest indicates that PD-L1
In Nature, a news titled “Cancer killing viruses show promise – and draw billion-dollar investment” mentioned, pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson announced on 2
On Feb. 22, 2018, Merck and Viralytics announced acquisition agreement and the proposed acquisition values the total issued shares in Viralytics at approximately AUD 502 million (USD 394 million).
In the 10th issue of the 422th issue of Science Translational Medicine, the new results of oncolyticvirus-related immunotherapy were on the cover in the journal Science Translational Medicine 10(422).
Immunotherapy is a promising approach in the treatment of cancer; but for most patients, immunotherapy drugs so far have failed to live up to their promise and provide little or no benefit. Immunotherapy