J&J’s Janssen acquires cancer-killing virus tech

Johnson & Johnson‘s (NYSE:JNJ) Janssen Biotech said today that it agreed to acquire BeneVir Biopharm and its T-Stealth oncolytic virus platform.

The privately-held biopharmaceutical company engineers cancer-killing viruses that are designed to infect and destroy cancer cells. Janssen plans to develop BeneVir’s preclinical candidates for the treatment of solid tumor cancers.

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