Bristol-Myers Squibb has entered a clinical research agreement with University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Centre to further investigate new strategies for treating lung cancer, using Bristol-Myers Squibb’s immuno-oncology agents Opdivo and Yervoy.
Pursuant to the agreement, both partners will jointly utilise MD Anderson’s immunotherapy platform for the preclinical and clinical testing of drugs individually or in combinations.
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Bristol-Myers Squibb will use these findings to develop new therapeutic combination for future clinical studies on next-generation immune oncology drugs.
Seres Therapeutics and Mayo Clinic have entered a research agreement to identify and develop new microbiome therapeutic candidates for liver disease.
According to the agreement, Mayo Clinic Professor Nicholas F. LaRusso will collaborate with Seres Therapeutics scientists to study the role of microbiome, as well as perform clinical and preclinical studies to identify and develop novel microbiome therapeutic drugs for Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis and other liver diseases.
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Image: Bristol-Myers Squibb has entered a clinical research agreement with University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Centre. Photo: Courtesy of Sue Adair.
