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Jouncing immunotherapy

Third Rock startup Jounce taking three-pronged approach to cancer immunotherapy

February 18, 2013 8:00 AM UTC

Third Rock Ventures' newest startup, Jounce Therapeutics Inc., plans to use its $47 million series A round to take on multiple protein-based methods of cancer immunotherapy.

The newco will focus initially on three approaches: inhibitors of immune checkpoints, like Yervoy ipilimumab from Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. (NYSE:BMY), and regulators of immune system co-stimulatory molecules and the tumor microenvironment...