Eric Halioua – President & CEO, PDC*line Pharma
PDC*line Pharma’s Eric Halioula explains why he decided to establish a biotech in Belgium, outlines the progress that his immuno-oncology focused firm has made in clinical trials since our last…
Founded in April 2014 as a spin-off of the French Blood Bank (Etablissement Français du Sang, EFS), PDC*line Pharma is a Belgian-French biotech company that is developing a novel class of off-the-shelf cancer immunotherapies based on a proprietary Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell line (PDC*line) pre-loaded with peptides that are derived from target tumor antigens. Based on a robust preclinical package and a first-in-human phase Ib feasibility study in melanoma, PDC*line Pharma is focusing on lung cancer with a new candidate in phase I/II clinical trial (PDC*lung) and neoantigens (PDC*Neo).
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PDC*line Pharma’s Eric Halioula explains why he decided to establish a biotech in Belgium, outlines the progress that his immuno-oncology focused firm has made in clinical trials since our last…
PDC*Line Pharma’s Eric Halioua introduces the Belgian immuno-oncology biotech, its clinical-stage assets, the impact of the firm’s collaboration with Korean LG Chem, and future internationalisation strategies. As a multicultural…
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