Transgene’s Moment Of Truth Approaches
Executive Summary
French biotech Transgene SA has been through a few transformations in its 37-year history, and the past couple of years have been particularly rocky. However, chairman and CEO Philippe Archinard sees light at the end of the tunnel as the new era of combination immunotherapy arrives.
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