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The Parker Institute touts early results in pancreatic cancer trial — and a new model to accelerate drug development

The Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, which has sought to accelerate the development of new treatments, revealed clinical trial results for the first time.
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Silicon Valley billionaire Sean Parker — the founder of Napster and an early investor in Facebook — pledged $250 million in 2016 to bring together researchers from academic cancer centers across the country with the goal of accelerating the development of new treatments that harness the immune system to attack cancer.

On Sunday, the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy is presenting clinical trial results for the first time. And those results, which come just a year and a

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