Gilead Sciences Inc. will pay $67 million for the remaining rights to a cancer immunotherapy drug from partner Jounce Therapeutics Inc., a move to strengthen the Foster City-based drug maker's pipeline of potential cancer drugs.
GS-1811 is designed to selectively deplete immune system-suppressing T regulatory cells that infiltrate the area in and around tumors, giving the body's immune system a better chance at fighting off the cancer. "GS-1811, with its potential new pathway of activating the immune system, gives us the opportunity to potentially change the standard of care with a treatment works from inside cancerous cells to shrink solid tumors," said Dr.Richard Murray
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