HOOKIPA Pharma Inc., a company developing a new class of immunotherapies based on its proprietary arenavirus platform, and Roche formed a strategic collaboration and license agreement to develop HB-700 for KRAS-mutated cancers, along with a second undisclosed novel arenaviral immunotherapy. This represents HOOKIPA’s first oncology licensing collaboration.
A research team at UVA Health is testing the ability of focused ultrasound to increase the immune response to immunotherapy in melanoma. UVA’s work with focused ultrasound already has led to life-changing new treatments for Parkinson’s disease and essential tremor and pushed the technology to the forefront of medical research.
