Clinical Immunology, Neuropharmacology and Drug Development

Clinical Neurophysiology

Immunotherapy could be a variety of cancer treatment that enhances the body’s natural defences to fight cancer. It uses substances created by the body or in a very laboratory to boost however your system works to search out and destroy cancer cells.

• There are many types of immunotherapy. They include:


• Monoclonal antibodies and tumour-agnostic treatments, such as checkpoint inhibitors


• Oncolytic virus therapy


• T-cell therapy


• Cancer vaccines

Examples of immune checkpoint inhibitors are:

• Ipilimumab (Yervoy)


• Nivolumab (Opdivo)


• Pembrolizumab (Keytruda)


• Atezolizumab (Tecentriq)


• Avelumab (Bavencio)


• Durvalumab (Imfinzi)