Iovance Biotherapeutics

Iovance Biotherapeutics is a biopharmaceutical startup based in San Carlos, California. The company works to develop tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL) therapies against cancer.[1][2]

Iovance Biotherapeutics
TypePublic
NASDAQ: IOVA
IndustryBiotechnology, Pharmaceutical, Cancer immunotherapy
Founded2007 (2007)
Headquarters
San Carlos, California
,
United States of America
Key people
Steven Rosenberg
Websitewww.iovance.com

History

The company was founded in 2007 as Genesis Biopharma. In 2013, Lion merged with Genesis Biopharma And became lion bio Pharma then rebranded to Iovance in 2017.[3]

Drug pipeline

Iovance has a TIL treatment undergoing clinical trials against melanoma (investigational id: LN-144, tradename: Lifileucel). Iovance is investigating a TIL therapy against cervical and head and neck cancers (investigational id: LN-145).

See also

References
  1. Garber, Ken (7 August 2019). "Pursuit of tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte immunotherapy speeds up". Nature Biotechnology. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  2. Adelman, Jacob (29 May 2019). "New Navy Yard lab and office complex planned for Calif. cell-therapy research firm Iovance". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  3. "Genesis Biopharma Announces Completion of Merger with Lion Biotechnologies". www.businesswire.com. 2013-07-25. Retrieved 2020-01-17.
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