Lion Biotechnologies, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company. The Company is focused on developing and commercializing adoptive cell therapy (ACT) using autologous tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) for the treatment of metastatic melanoma and other solid cancers. The Company’s program is an adoptive cell therapy utilizing tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL), which are T cells derived from patients' tumors, for the treatment of metastatic melanoma. Once the TILs have been multiplied to a sufficient number ex vivo and after the patient has completed the non-myeloablative chemotherapeutic regimen the TILs are infused into the patient along with a high dose of interleukin2 (IL2) a protein that stimulates the immune system.
