STAT Plus: Startup TScan signs $30m deal with Novartis

TScan Therapeutics on Wednesday announced a $30 million deal with Swiss pharma giant Novartis (NVS) to develop therapies to treat a type of kidney cancer.

The Waltham, Mass., biopharmaceutical company is working to develop treatments that focus on T cells in the body’s immune system response. By harnessing information from T cells in recovering cancer patients, TScan aims to essentially reprogram the same cells in other patients.

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