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MD Anderson Cancer Center partners with GlaxoSmithKline

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MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER formed a research alliance with GlaxoSmithKline to strengthen its efforts in advancing anticancer immunotherapies.

This marks the fourth and final collaboration in a plan to partner with pharmaceutical companies as part of MD Anderson’s Moon Shots Program. GSK and MD Anderson will work to identify therapeutic approaches, evaluate patient responses in clinical trials, and develop immunotherapy drugs.

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