The Main Department GMP Cell and Gene Therapy of Fraunhofer is collaborating with Iovance Biotherapeutics Inc. (San Carlos, CA, USA) on the technology transfer and subsequent continuous manufacturing of allogeneic feeder cells used in Iovances’ Tumor Infiltrating Lymphocyte manufacturing process. This collaboration supports Iovances’s upcoming European clinical trials for the treatment of solid tumors in metastatic melanoma and cervical carcinoma.

Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc. is a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on the development of cancer immunotherapy products for the treatment of various cancers. The Company's lead product candidate is an adoptive cell therapy using tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL) technology being investigated for the treatment of patients with metastatic melanoma, recurrent and/or metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck and recurrent and metastatic or persistent cervical cancer. For more information, please visit www.iovance.com.