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How the Hottest Biotech Sprouted in Iowa

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NewLink Genetics founded by cancer researcher Dr. Charles Link in Ames, Iowa, in 1999, is one of the few biotechs based in the midwestern U.S. NewLink went public in 2011. Genentech has invested $150 million in the company for development of cancer drugs based on immunotherapy, using the body's immune system to fight cancer.

Founding a biotech in midwestern U.S.- Dr. Charles Link, Newlink Genetics and Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa

04/13/2015

Dr. Charles Link a researcher at the National Cancer Center in Maryland, says he decided to go back to his roots in Iowa in the 1990's to raise his children in the U.S. midwest. He did cancer research at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa, and founded NewLink Genetics in 1999 to develop drugs based on his research on immunotherapy, using the body's immune system to fight cancer. Genentech has invested $150 million in the company. NewLink went public in 2011.

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