Ono Pharmaceutical has formed an immuno-oncology pact with Cancer Research UK (CRUK) and LifeArc. The deal gives Ono the chance to license antibodies and small molecules advanced by its partners. UK-based nonprofits CRUK and LifeArc began working together to identify and validate new cancer targets in 2017. The new deal builds on that collaboration by injecting cash from Ono to fund work from the identification of new targets through to the discovery of drugs against them. Source: Fierce Biotech 27/3/2019