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Genentech partners with Affimed to help natural killer cells target cancer

by Ryan Cross
August 31, 2018 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 96, Issue 35

 

Genentech is partnering with the German cancer company Affimed to develop immunotherapies for multiple kinds of solid and blood cancers. Affimed is developing therapies that engage natural killer cells of the innate immune system to help direct them to attack cancer cells. Genentech will pay Affimed $96 million up front and up to $5 billion more in potential payments.

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