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Oncology

Boehringer acquires cancer vaccine firm AMAL Therapeutics

by Lisa M. Jarvis
July 19, 2019 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 97, Issue 29

Aiming to expand its cancer drug portfolio, Boehringer Ingelheim is acquiring the Swiss biotech firm AMAL Therapeutics in a deal worth up to $365 million. The purchase gives Boehringer a cancer vaccine, ATP128, slated to begin human studies later this month in people with late-stage colon cancer. Boehringer says AMAL’s vaccine technology dovetails with its goal of developing a range of treatments that target “cold” tumors—ones that don’t respond to current cancer immunotherapies.

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